Definitions for Usher

Usher ush·er

Spelling: [uhsh-er]
IPA: /ˈʌʃ ər/

Usher is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in Usher (ehrsu).

Definitions for Usher

noun

  1. a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
  2. a person acting as an official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
  3. a male attendant of a bridegroom at a wedding.
  4. an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers or to walk before a person of rank.
  5. British Archaic. a subordinate teacher or an assistant in a school.
  6. James, Ussher, James.
  7. James, 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar.

verb (used with object)

  1. to act as an usher to; lead, introduce, or conduct:
  2. to attend or bring at the coming or beginning; precede or herald (usually followed by in):

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as an usher:

Origin of Usher

1350-1400; Middle English uscher doorkeeper Anglo-French usser, Old French (h)uissier doorman, officer of justice Vulgar Latin *ustiārius, equivalent to Latin ōsti(um) door + -ārius Examples for Usher

It would be tempting, at this point, to say that the Internet will corrode religious authority and usher in the Great Secular Age.

Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and new kid on the block, Iggy Azalea were discovered by Akon, usher, and T.I., respectively.

The form of an usher showed itself in the half-opened doorway.

The middle of August is supposed to usher in the dog days of summer.

"Silence," cried the usher of the court, but the prisoner only laughed out loud.

Never mind, I'll tell it to the usher the first time he comes this way.

Just then the usher appeared, and hastened up to the banker.

In a moment he opens the door again, to usher in the deputation; then retires.

The usher is from the Bismarck Food Service, wearing a blue Bismarck jersey, carrying a Bismarck bucket filled with soft drinks.

This huge transfer, the researchers believe, will usher in what they call “a golden age of philanthropy.”

Word Value for Usher
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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