Usher

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation for an usher.
   countable, uncountable
2. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
3. A suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia.
   countable, uncountable
4. A male escort at a wedding.
5. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
6. An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
   obsolete
7. Any schoolteacher.
   dated, derogatory

Equivalents

Examples

“[H]e defrayed the expence of his entrance, and left him in the particular care and inspection of the usher, who […] though obliged by the scandalous administration of fortune to act in the character of an inferior teacher, had by his sole capacity and application, brought the school to that degree of reputation which it never could have⟳ obtained from the talents of his superior.”

“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.’”

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