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Meaning of 'usher' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Usher [ 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.
- An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
2 . Usher [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'usher' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . usher [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
Example in sentence:
  • The usher showed us to our seats

Nearby Words:

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