Usher Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of USHER

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:

a person who leads people to their seats in a theater, at a wedding, etc.

Britannica Dictionary definition of USHER

always followed by an adverb or preposition

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:

to lead (someone) to a place

• He ushered them to their seats.
• A nurse ushered us into the hospital room.

1

usher in (something)

also

usher (something) in

:

to happen at the beginning of (something, such as a period of activity) and usually to help cause it

• The book ushered in a new era of environmental consciousness.
• a discovery that ushered in a period of change [=that marked the beginning of a period of change]

2

:

to celebrate the beginning of (something)

• a celebration to usher in the New Year