1. One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium. 2. A man who attends a bridal party at a wedding. 3. One who serves as official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber. 4. An official whose duty is to make introductions between unacquainted persons or to precede persons of rank in a procession. 5.Archaic An assistant teacher in a school.
VERB:
Inflected forms: ush·ered, ush·er·ing, ush·ers
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To serve as an usher to; escort. 2. To lead or conduct. See synonyms at guide. 3. To precede and introduce; inaugurate: a celebration to usher in the new century.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To serve as an usher: ushered every Sunday at church.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, doorkeeper, from Anglo-Norman usser, from Vulgar Latin *stirius, from Latin stirius, from stium, door. See s- in Appendix I.
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