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Definitions for Usher

[1] a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
[2] a person acting as an official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
[3] a male attendant of a bridegroom at a wedding.
[4] an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers or to walk before a person of rank.
[5] British Archaic . a subordinate teacher or an assistant in a school.
[6] to act as an usher to; lead, introduce, or conduct: She ushered them to their seats.
[7] to attend or bring at the coming or beginning; precede or herald (usually followed by in ): to usher in the new theater season.
[8] to act as an usher: He ushered at the banquet.
[9] James. Ussher, James.
[10] James, 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
[11] an official who shows people to their seats, as in a church or theatre
[12] a person who acts as doorkeeper, esp in a court of law
[13] (in England) a minor official charged with maintaining order in a court of law
[14] an officer responsible for preceding persons of rank in a procession or introducing strangers at formal functions
[15] British obsolete a teacher
[16] to conduct or escort, esp in a courteous or obsequious way
[17] (usually foll by in) to be a precursor or herald (of)
[18] a variant spelling of (James) Ussher
[19] James. 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar. His system of biblical chronology, which dated the creation at 4004 bc , was for long accepted

Words related to Usher

initiate, steer, escort, precede, leader, conductor, lead, precursor, guide, herald, attendant, page, pilot, doorkeeper, launch, receive, originate, direct, introduce, institute

Words nearby Usher

uses, usha, ushabti, ushant, ushas, usher, usher's syndrome, usherette, ushki, ushuaia, usia

Origin of Usher

1350–1400; Middle English uscher doorkeeper < Anglo-French usser, Old French (h)uissier doorman, officer of justice < Vulgar Latin *ustiārius, equivalent to Latin ōsti(um ) door + -ārius -ary; see -er2

Other words from Usher

ush·er·ship , noun
un·der·ush·er , noun
un·ush·ered , adjective

Word origin for Usher

C14: from Old French huissier doorkeeper, from Vulgar Latin ustiārius (unattested), from Latin ostium door

Synonyms for Usher

attendant, conductor, doorkeeper, escort, guide, herald, lead, leader, page, pilot, precursor, doorperson