usher.
A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
Meaning & usage
A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
A male escort at a wedding.
A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
Any schoolteacher.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.
To guide people to their seats.
To accompany or escort (someone).
To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
To lead or guide somewhere.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.
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