usher

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• ŭshʹ-ər
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• /ˈʌʃəɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)]
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From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: շվեյցար (šveycʻar) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Armenian: դռնապան (dṙnapan) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Armenian: բարապան (barapan) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Armenian: հսկիչ (hskičʻ) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Bulgarian: разпоредител (razporeditel) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Chinese Mandarin: 引座员 — person who escorts people to their seats
• Czech: uvaděč — person who escorts people to their seats
• Czech: biletář — person who escorts people to their seats
• Dutch: plaatsaanwijzer — person who escorts people to their seats
• Dutch: ouvreuse — person who escorts people to their seats
• Esperanto: akceptisto — person who escorts people to their seats
• Finnish: suntio — person who escorts people to their seats
• Finnish: kirkonpalvelija — person who escorts people to their seats
• Finnish: paikannäyttäjä — person who escorts people to their seats
• French: ouvreur — person who escorts people to their seats
• Galician: acomodador — person who escorts people to their seats
• German: Platzanweiser — person who escorts people to their seats
• Greek: ταξιθέτης (taxithétis) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Hungarian: jegyszedő — person who escorts people to their seats
• Hungarian: jegyszedőnő — person who escorts people to their seats
• Italian: maschera — person who escorts people to their seats
• Japanese: 案内人 (annainin) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Macedonian: распоре́дувач (rasporéduvač) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Macedonian: распоре́дител (rasporéditel) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Māori: kaitaupaepae — person who escorts people to their seats
• Portuguese: lanterninha — person who escorts people to their seats
• Portuguese: arrumador — person who escorts people to their seats
• Romanian: aprod — person who escorts people to their seats
• Romanian: plasator — person who escorts people to their seats
• Russian: капельдинер (kapelʹdiner) — person who escorts people to their seats
• Serbo-Croatian: razvodnik — person who escorts people to their seats
• Spanish: acomodador — person who escorts people to their seats
• Spanish: acomodadora — person who escorts people to their seats
• Spanish: ujier — person who escorts people to their seats
• Spanish: usier — person who escorts people to their seats
• Volapük: seadöpijonan — person who escorts people to their seats
• Volapük: seadöpihijonan — person who escorts people to their seats
• Volapük: seadöpijijonan — person who escorts people to their seats
• Bulgarian: ша́фер (šáfer) — male escort at a wedding
• Chinese Mandarin: 伴郎 (bànláng) — male escort at a wedding
• Finnish: sulhaspoika — male escort at a wedding
• French: escorte — male escort at a wedding
• French: garçon d'honneur — male escort at a wedding
• Hungarian: vőfély — male escort at a wedding
• Hungarian: násznagy — male escort at a wedding
• Italian: cerimoniere — male escort at a wedding
• Russian: ша́фер (šáfer) — male escort at a wedding
• Bulgarian: разсилен (razsilen) — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Bulgarian: съдебен пристав (sǎdeben pristav) — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Catalan: uixer — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Czech: soudní zřízenec — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Finnish: ovenvartija — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• French: huissier — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Galician: uxier — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Galician: budel — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• German: Gerichtsdiener — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Hungarian: teremszolga — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Italian: usciere — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Italian: messo — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Romanian: aprod — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Romanian: ușier — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Russian: пристав (pristav) — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Spanish: ujier — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Spanish: ordenanza — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Spanish: portero de estrados — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Spanish: bedel — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Spanish: usier — doorkeeper in a courtroom
• Armenian: ուղեկցել (uġekcʻel) — to guide people to their seats
• Armenian: առաջնորդել (aṙaǰnordel) — to guide people to their seats
• Dutch: aanwijzen — to guide people to their seats
• Finnish: opastaa — to guide people to their seats
• Finnish: ohjata — to guide people to their seats
• German: zuweisen — to guide people to their seats
• German: anweisen — to guide people to their seats
• German: führen — to guide people to their seats
• Hungarian: kísér — to guide people to their seats
• Hungarian: vezet — to guide people to their seats
• Hungarian: ültet — to guide people to their seats
• Italian: accompagnare — to guide people to their seats
• Italian: guidare — to guide people to their seats
• Macedonian: о́дведе (ódvede) — to guide people to their seats
• Macedonian: о́днесе (ódnese) — to guide people to their seats
• Romanian: plasa — to guide people to their seats
• Russian: провожать (provožatʹ) — to guide people to their seats
• Spanish: acomodar — to guide people to their seats
• Dutch: begeleiden — to accompany or escort
• Esperanto: konduki — to accompany or escort
• Finnish: opastaa — to accompany or escort
• Finnish: ohjata — to accompany or escort
• French: escorter — to accompany or escort
• German: begleiten — to accompany or escort
• German: Gesellschaft leisten — to accompany or escort
• Hungarian: (be — to accompany or escort
• Hungarian: ki)kísér — to accompany or escort
• Hungarian: ki)tessékel — to accompany or escort
• Hungarian: ki)vezet — to accompany or escort
• Italian: scortare — to accompany or escort
• Italian: introdurre — to accompany or escort
• Macedonian: при́дружи (prídruži) — to accompany or escort
• Māori: taupaepae — to accompany or escort
• Russian: сопровожда́ть (soprovoždátʹ) — to accompany or escort
• Spanish: acompañar — to accompany or escort
• Spanish: escoltar — to accompany or escort
• Finnish: ennakoida — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• German: vorausgehen — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Hungarian: beharangoz — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Italian: precedere — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Italian: precorrere — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Macedonian: про́гласи (próglasi) — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Russian: возвещать (vozveščatʹ) — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Spanish: preceder — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Spanish: anunciar — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Spanish: iniciar — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald
• Spanish: preludiar — to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald