Sekirov Dictionary

usher

UK [ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)]US /ˈʌʃəɹ/

noun 5
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun5

A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
A male escort at a wedding.
A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
(disapproving, old-fashioned) Any schoolteacher.
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(no longer used) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
- He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’ — 1791

verb4

To guide people to their seats.
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To accompany or escort (someone).
- [N]ay he can sing / A meane most meanely, and in hushering, / Mende him who can[.] — 1595
(figurative) To lead or guide somewhere.
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(figurative) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
- Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence. — 1912

forms

ushered · ushering · ushers

Phrases with usher

usher in
To announce the arrival of something; to herald.

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