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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“‘doorkeeper’”) < Latin ōstiārius < ostium (“‘door’”). Akin to ōs (“‘mouth’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular usher

Plural ushers

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.

Derived terms

Verb

Infinitive to usher

Third person singular ushers

Simple past ushered

Past participle ushered

Present participle ushering

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

  1. To guide people to their seats.
    • 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain."
      Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door;
  2. To accompany or escort (someone).
    • 1898, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic‎, page 509
      Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered.
  3. (figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
    • 1912, Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750‎, page 31
      Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.

Derived terms

Translations

to guide people to their seats
  • Armenian: ուղեկցել hy(hy) (uġekc’el), առաջնորդել hy(hy) (aṙaǰnordel)
  • Dutch: aanwijzen nl(nl)
to accompany or escort
to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald

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