Usher

Quick meaning: Usher is a noun meaning A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

Meaning

A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

More Meanings

1. A male escort at a wedding.
2. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
3. To guide people to their seats.
4. To accompany or escort (someone).
5. (figurative) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
6. (obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
7. (dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher.

Example Sentences

Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.

[N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him who can[.]

Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered.

He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’

Word Forms

• ushers
• ushering
• ushered

Synonyms for usher

Depending on context, synonyms include bridesman, groomsman, show, doorkeeper, guide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include guide, doorkeeper, show, assistant, escort, gentleman.

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