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Usher
('/@//S//@/r
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noun (n)
- Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums(verb.motion)Example:
The usher showed us to our seats.
source: wordnet30 - To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room.(verb)source: webster1913
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