usher

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
  2. noun an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
  3. noun someone employed to conduct others

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Ussher, James Ussher, James Usher

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