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Definition of usher :
1. 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. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
3. 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.
Synonyms:
evince, depict, herald, words, indicate, render, templet, lead, proclaim, porter, pilot, James Usher, shepherd, establish, demonstrate, door guard, testify, page, ostiarius, pathfinder, announce, guidebook, point, picture, doorkeeper, cicerone, scout, escort, show up, start, shew, designate, show, usherette, precede, flunkey, ostiary, footboy, express, conductor, gatekeeper, knowledge, read, evidence, register, template, bear witness, leader, hall porter, guide, prove, James Ussher, present, doorman, precursor, Ussher, record, director, exhibit, preface, demo, introduce
Usage examples:
- And- isn't Dr. Wilson going to be an usher? - "K", Mary Roberts Rinehart.
- " Magnificence, he is at the door," said the usher. - "Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso", Maurice Henry Hewlett.
- An usher hastened up as Barber was about to mount the steps. - "The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story", Various.