usher

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Synonyms: user, gusher, asher, pusher, rusher, uther, upher, lusher, busher, musher, ussher

Antonyms: user, gusher, asher, pusher, rusher, uther, upher, lusher, busher, musher, ussher

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A person, in a [[church]], [[cinema]] etc., who [[escort]]s people to their [[seat]]s.
2. A male [[escort]] at a [[wedding]].
3. A [[doorkeeper]] in a [[courtroom]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An assistant to a [[head teacher]] or [[schoolteacher]]; an [[assistant]] [[teacher]].
5. {{lb|en|dated|derogatory}} Any schoolteacher.

Verb

1. To [[guide]] people to their [[seat]]s.
2. To [[accompany]] or [[escort]] (someone).
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} To [[precede]]; to act as a [[forerunner]] or [[herald]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} To [[lead]] or [[guide]] somewhere.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=occupations}} for an [[usher]].
2. {{place|en|suburb|city/Bunbury|s/Western Australia}}.

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