Usher

ush′ėr, n. one who meets people at the door of a hall, ., and conducts them to seats, an officer whose busine it is to introduce strangers or to walk before a person of rank: an under-teacher or a istant.— v.t. to introduce: to forerun.— ns. Ush′erance ; Ush′erdom , Ush′ership .— adjs. Ushē′rian ; Ush′erle . [O. Fr. u ier (Fr. hui ier )—L. ostiarius , a door-keeper— ostium , a door.]