usher

¹ush·er

noun \ˈə-shər\

Definition of USHER

1

a : an officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, or chamber b : an officer who walks before a person of rank c : one who escorts persons to their seats (as in a theater)

2

archaic : an assistant teacher

Origin of USHER

Middle English ussher, from Anglo-French ussier, usscher, from Vulgar Latin *ustiarius doorkeeper, from Latin ostium, ustium door, mouth of a river — more at ostium

First Known Use: 13th century

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

Rhymes with USHER

blusher, brusher, crusher, gusher, musher, rusher