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   usher

   /ˈʌʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a person who shows people to their seats, especially in a cinema or theatre or at a wedding.
   • ▪ an official in a law court whose duties include swearing in jurors and witnesses and keeping order.
   • ▪ a person employed to walk before a person of high rank on special occasions. British
   • 2. an assistant teacher. archaic

   verb

   • 1. show or guide (someone) somewhere: "a waiter ushered me to a table"
   • 2. cause or mark the start of something new: "the railways ushered in an era of cheap mass travel"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a doorkeeper): from Anglo-Norman French usser, from medieval Latin ustiarius, from Latin ostiarius, from ostium ‘door’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Usher can be a verb meaning to show someone where they should go, or a noun meaning a man who does that. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms and usage of usher with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   to show someone where they should go, or to make someone go where you want them to go: She ushered us into her office and offered us coffee. Officials quickly ushered the protesters out of the hall. Synonym. show. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way. accompanied by someone/something.

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   noun. a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc. a person acting as an official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber. a male attendant of a bridegroom at a wedding. an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers or to walk before a person of rank.

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   Learn the meaning of usher as a verb and a noun, with synonyms and usage examples. Find out the origin, pronunciation and frequency of usher in British and American English.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb usher, which means to take or show somebody where they should go. See synonyms, phrasal verbs and word origin of usher.

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   An usher is someone with the job of helping people find their seats. At the movies, ushers take your tickets and tell you where to go. At some theaters and sports venues, the ushers might actually take you to your seat — they usher you there.