Usher

ush'er, n. One in charge of the door of a court, it hall, or chamber; one who seats persons in a church or other place of a embly; an officer who introduces strangers, or walks before a person of rank; an under teacher or a istant to the preceptor of a school. — v. t. [ushered (-erd),-ERiNG.] To introduce, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun.