usher
usher is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
- 2.To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room. The stars that usher evening rose. Milton. The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forth the great genius of the author. Addison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- advance
- adviser
- afore
- aforehand
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- already
- antecedence
- antecedency
- antecedent
- anteposition
- anterior
- anteriority
- anticipate
- apostle
- ball
- bear
- before
- beforehand
- chalk
- clergy
- coach
- come
- coming
- crammer
- dame
- dance
- dawn
- director
- disciplinarian
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duenna
- early
- ere
- erewhile
- eve
- example
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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