usher
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈʌʃər/
:
acomodador
- The usher guided us to our seats before the concert began.
- head usher
- House usher
I in as a freshman, you couldn't act, so I was an usher.
- I in as a freshman, you couldn't act, so I was an usher.
Examples
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Please have your tickets ready for the ushers.
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- Wasn't he an usher at your church?
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When we got married, Tom was an usher at our wedding.
Academic text (2001) -
My mum is a Crown Court usher, OK.
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We're gonna be ushers at the wedding.
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They asked me if I wanted to be an usher.
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One of the ushers saw a suspicious character.
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Don't forget to tip your usher.
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Now, ushers are passing through the aisles with donation baskets, so please, give all you can.
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He's dressed in the uniform of a 1920s usher: spats, white gloves, pillbox hat.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who serves or helps people in a public place
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7.3
A woman who shows people to their seats in a theatre or cinema
A person who shows people to their seats at events
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word usher comes from the Latin word ostiarius, from ostium 'door', because an usher was first a 'doorkeeper' who stood at the entrance and showed people to their seats.