USHER

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

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Proper noun

Usher (plural Ushers)

An occupational surname for an usher.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Usher is the 4742^nd 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.

Anagrams

• Huser, Rhues, Uhers, erhus, huers, shure

Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (male attendant at a wedding): groomsman, bridesman

Verb

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

Anagrams

• Huser, Rhues, Uhers, erhus, huers, shure

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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