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Word entry · 5 letters

usher

Best crossword clue

"Show to a seat"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈʌʃəɹ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ehrsuStarts with UEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.’
  • Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage.
  • [N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him who can[.]

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