Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - usher
Usher
usher
n. & v. --n. 1 a person who shows people to their seats in a hall or theatre etc. 2 a doorkeeper at a court etc. 3 Brit. an officer walking before a person of rank. 4 archaic or joc. an assistant teacher. --v.tr. 1 act as usher to. 2 (usu. foll. by in) announce or show in etc. (ushered us into the room; ushered in a new era). Derivatives ushership n. Etymology: ME f. AF usser, OF uissier, var. of huissier f. med.L ustiarius for L ostiarius f. ostium door
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I. noun see: ostium Date: 13th century 1. an officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, or chamber, an officer who walks before a person of rank, one who escorts persons to their seats (as in a theater), an assistant teacher, II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1588 transitive verb to conduct to a place, to precede as an ~, forerunner, or harbinger, to cause to enter ; introduce , intransitive verb to serve as an ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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