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usher

Pronunciation: /ˈʌʃəɹ/

The English word “usher” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
  2. A male escort at a wedding.
  3. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
  4. An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
  5. Any schoolteacher.

verb

  1. To guide people to their seats.
  2. To accompany or escort (someone).
  3. To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
  4. To lead or guide somewhere.

Etymology

From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.

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