usher
usher definition
usher (us̸h′ər)
noun
- an official doorkeeper
- a person whose duty it is to show people to their seats in a theater, church, etc.
- a person whose official duty is to precede someone of rank, as in a procession, or to introduce unacquainted persons at a formal function
- any of the groom's attendants at a wedding whose duties include showing guests to their seats and escorting the bridesmaids
- Obsolete in Great Britain, an assistant teacher in a boys' school
Etymology: ME ussher < OFr uissier < L ostiarius, doorkeeper: see ostiary
transitive verb
- to act as an usher to; escort or conduct (others) to seats, etc.
- to precede, or be a forerunner of: often with in
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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