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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Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
But over the last 15 years, he’s also helped usher more than 200 albums into the world via his independent Denver record label, Snappy Little Numbers, in genres ranging from folk-rock to metal, funk and soul.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
As in many such productions in the long wake of Sleep No More, they’re ushered from room to room and scene to scene and sometimes pulled aside by cast members for individual interactions.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The legend of the Dash expanded from mere omen and ill weather, taking on greater importance as an usher of souls; coming to collect descendants of the lost crew and fold them into the fog of the great unknown.
—Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
But over the last 15 years, he’s also helped usher more than 200 albums into the world via his independent Denver record label, Snappy Little Numbers, in genres ranging from folk-rock to metal, funk and soul.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
After hours, a barista will usher you into Say Less Speakeasy, a lofty bar and lounge hidden behind an unassuming bookshelf just past the café register.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
As in many such productions in the long wake of Sleep No More, they’re ushered from room to room and scene to scene and sometimes pulled aside by cast members for individual interactions.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Usher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usher. Accessed 6 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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