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
ushered; ushering
ˈə-sh(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to conduct to a place
2
: to precede as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger
3
: to cause to enter : introduce
a new theory ushered into the world
: to serve as an usher
usher at a wedding
Examples of usher in a Sentence
Verb
He ushered them to their seats.
A nurse ushered us into the hospital room.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Not all of the excitement has been cheerful: during a show in Kansas City, a fourteen-year-old attendee was caught on tape assaulting a sixty-six-year-old usher, and was charged with felony and misdemeanor assault; dates in Chicago and Detroit have been cancelled, without much explanation.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Shortly after that, federal grants worth more than $42 million, which were awarded to Brightline between 2022 and 2024 but had not been dispersed, were finally ushered along by Duffy.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Bar Kupershtein The 23-year-old from Holon, central Israel, was taken during the Nova Festival while working as an usher and served as a combat soldier in the IDF.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Not all of the excitement has been cheerful: during a show in Kansas City, a fourteen-year-old attendee was caught on tape assaulting a sixty-six-year-old usher, and was charged with felony and misdemeanor assault; dates in Chicago and Detroit have been cancelled, without much explanation.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Gurny came to make it after work as a producer, ushering features such as Coup!
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Shortly after that, federal grants worth more than $42 million, which were awarded to Brightline between 2022 and 2024 but had not been dispersed, were finally ushered along by Duffy.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Usher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usher. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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usher
1 of 2 noun
ush·er
ˈəsh-ər
: a person who leads other persons to seats (as in a theater or at a wedding)
usher
2 of 2 verb
ushered; ushering
ˈəsh-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to lead to a place
2
: to cause to enter : introduce
usher in a new era
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