Usher

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium.
  • n. A man who attends a bridal party at a wedding.
  • n. One who serves as official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
  • n. An official whose duty is to make introductions between unacquainted persons or to precede persons of rank in a procession.
  • n. Archaic An assistant teacher in a school.
  • v. To serve as an usher to; escort.
  • v. To lead or conduct. See Synonyms at guide.
  • v. To precede and introduce; inaugurate: a celebration to usher in the new century.
  • verb-intransitive. To serve as an usher: ushered every Sunday at church.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
  • n. A male escort at a wedding.
  • n. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
  • v. To guide people to their seats.
  • v. To accompany or escort (someone).
  • v. To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
  • v. to lead or guide somewhere
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
  • v. To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; a doorkeeper; hence, one who meets people at the door of a public hall, church, or theater, and escorts them to seats; also, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers or to walk before a person of rank.
  • n. An under-teacher, or assistant to a school-master or principal teacher.
  • n. One of certain British geometrid moths. Hybernia leucophearia is the spring usher.
  • To act as an usher to; attend on in the manner of an usher; introduce as forerunner or harbinger; forerun; precede; announce: generally followed by in, forth, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
  • n. an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
  • n. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
  • n. someone employed to conduct others
  • Verb Form
    ushered    ushering    ushers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    functionary    official    hierarch    prelate    high priest    primate    archpriest   
    Form
    ushered    ushering    usherette    usher in   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    forerun    doorkeeper    announce    introduce    ring    induct   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    crusher    gusher    lusher    musher    rusher    slusher   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    groom    bridesmaid    receptionist    lackey    constable    valet    bridegroom    chauffeur    mentor    chaplain