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Noun usher has 3 senses
- Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher - Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
--1 is a kind of archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate
- usher, doorkeeper - an official doorkeeper as in a courtroom or legislative chamber
--2 is a kind of official, functionary
- usher, guide - someone employed to conduct others
--3 is a kind of escort
--3 has particulars: usherette
Verb usher has 1 sense
- usher, show - show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"
--1 is one way to lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s
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