Found 3 items, similar to usher.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: usher
pelayan, penjaga pintu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: usher
usher
v : show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or
auditoriums;
“The usher showed us to our seats” [syn:
show]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Usher
Usher
\Ush"er\, n. [OE. ussher, uschere, OF. ussier, uisser,
oissier, hussier, huissier, fr. L. ostiarius a doorkeeper,
fr. ostium a door, entrance, fr. os mouth. See
Oral, and
cf.
Ostiary.]
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1. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a
court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose
business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a
person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in
a church, theater, etc.
“The ushers and the squires.”
--Chaucer.
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These are the ushers of Marcius. --Shak.
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Note: There are various officers of this kind attached to the
royal household in England, including the gentleman
usher of the black rod, who attends in the House of
Peers during the sessions of Parliament, and twelve or
more gentlemen ushers. See
Black rod.
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2. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
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Usher
\Ush"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Ushered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ushering.]
To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or
harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth;
as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to
usher a visitor into the room.
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The stars that usher evening rose. --Milton.
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The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter,
setting forth the great genius of the author.
--Addison.
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