usher

usher

usher (third-person singular simple present ushers, present participle ushering, simple past and past participle ushered)

1. To guide people to their seats.
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, ""The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain.""

     Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door;

2. To accompany or escort (someone).
   • 1898, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, page 509

     Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered.

3. (figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
   • 1912, Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750, page 31

     Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.

4. (figuratively, transitive) to lead or guide somewhere
   • 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, Daily Record:

     McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.

usher (plural ushers)

1. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
2. A male escort at a wedding.
3. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

	usciere
	doorkeeper in a courtroom

	accompagnare
	to guide people to their seats

	guidare
	to guide people to their seats

	introdurre
	to accompany or escort

	maschera
	person who escorts people to their seats

	messo
	doorkeeper in a courtroom

	precedere
	to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald

	precorrere
	to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald

	scortare
	to accompany or escort

far entrare

uscière

Altri significati:

A male escort at a wedding.

A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.

male escort at a wedding

To accompany or escort (someone).

To guide people to their seats.

A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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