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Definition usher

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman usser, from Old French ussier, uissier (�porter, doorman�) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *usti?rius (�doorkeeper�), from Latin ?sti?rius, from ostium (�door�). Akin to ?s (�mouth�). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.

Noun

usher (plural ushers)

1. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
2. A male escort at a wedding.
3. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
4. (dated) An underteacher, or assistant master, in a school.
5. (dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher.

Verb

usher (third-person singular simple present ushers, present participle ushering, simple past and past participle ushered)

1. To guide people to their seats.
2. To accompany or escort (someone).
3. (figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
4. (figuratively, transitive) to lead or guide somewhere

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