| Definitions of 'usher' |
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1. (noun) Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher
Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
2. (noun) usher, doorkeeper
an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
3. (verb) usher, guide
someone employed to conduct others
4. (verb) usher, show
take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
"The usher showed us to our seats"
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| Definitions of 'usher' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) usher
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
2. (noun) usher
an under teacher, or assistant master, in a school
3. (verb) usher
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
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