usher

CEFRB2

/ˈʌʃər/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To show someone where to go or guide them into a place.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

Examples

  • Recent advances in medicine will usher in a new age in medical care.

  • Very soon we will usher in a new year.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. A male escort at a wedding.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

  2. An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.

More examples

In context

  • He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’

  • Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered.

  • Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.

Synonyms

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The polite attendant will blank guests to their seats before the concert begins.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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.