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   usher

   /ˈʌʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a person who shows people to their seats, especially in a cinema or theatre or at a wedding.
   • ▪ an official in a law court whose duties include swearing in jurors and witnesses and keeping order.
   • ▪ a person employed to walk before a person of high rank on special occasions. British
   • 2. an assistant teacher. archaic

   verb

   • 1. show or guide (someone) somewhere: "a waiter ushered me to a table"
   • 2. cause or mark the start of something new: "the railways ushered in an era of cheap mass travel"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a doorkeeper): from Anglo-Norman French usser, from medieval Latin ustiarius, from Latin ostiarius, from ostium ‘door’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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