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huisher

huisher is the obsolete form of usher.

Meaning of usher

Noun

usher (plural ushers)

  1. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
  2. A male escort at a wedding.
    Synonyms:
    bridesman, groomsman
  3. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
  4. (obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
    • [H]e defrayed the expence of his entrance, and left him in the particular care and inspection of the usher, who […] though obliged by the scandalous administration of fortune to act in the character of an inferior teacher, had by his sole capacity and application, brought the school to that degree...1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
  5. (dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher.

See all 11 meanings of usher

Forms of huisher

Noun
pluralhuishers
Verb
third-person singular presenthuishers
present participlehuishering
past participlehuishered
pasthuishered

Questions about huisher

What is huisher the obsolete form of?
Huisher is the obsolete form of usher.

Words near huisher in the dictionary

  1. huiscoyols
  2. Huisentruit
  3. Huish
  4. Huish Episcopi
  5. Huishan
  6. huisher
  7. huishers
  8. Huishes
  9. Huisman
  10. Huismans
  11. huissier

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