usher, guide
(noun) someone employed to conduct others
usher, doorkeeper
(noun) an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher
(noun) Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
usher, show
(verb) take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; “The usher showed us to our seats”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Usher (plural Ushers)
An occupational surname for an usher.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Usher is the 4742nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7477 individuals. Usher is most common among White (66.52%) and Black/African American (27.55%) individuals.
• Huser, Rhues, Uhers, erhus, huers, shure
usher (plural ushers)
A person, in a church, cinema etc, who escorts people to their seats.
A male escort at a wedding.
A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
(obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
(dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher.
• (male attendant at a wedding): groomsman, bridesman
usher (third-person singular simple present ushers, present participle ushering, simple past and past participle ushered)
To guide people to their seats.
To accompany or escort (someone).
(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
(figuratively, transitive) to lead or guide somewhere
• Huser, Rhues, Uhers, erhus, huers, shure
Source: Wiktionary
Ush"er, n. Etym: [OE. ussher, uschere, OF. ussier, uisser, oissier, hussier, huissier, fr. L. ostiarius a doorkeeper, fr. ostium a door, entrance, fr. os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Ostiary.]
1. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. "The ushers and the squires." Chaucer. These are the ushers of Marcius. Shak.
Note: There are various officers of this kind attached to the royal household in England, including the gentleman usher of the black rod, who attends in the House of Peers during the sessions of Parliament, and twelve or more gentlemen ushers. See Black rod.
2. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
Ush"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ushered; p. pr. & vb. n. Ushering.]
Definition: To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room. The stars that usher evening rose. Milton. The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forth the great genius of the author. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 April 2025
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
