Noun

• S: (n) Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher (Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656))
• S: (n) usher, doorkeeper (an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) official, functionary (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) usher, guide (someone employed to conduct others)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) escort (an attendant who is employed to accompany someone)
• S: (n) color guard (a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors)
• S: (n) honor guard, guard of honor (an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral)
• S: (n) minder (someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors) "I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us"
• S: (n) usher, guide (someone employed to conduct others)
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) usher, show (take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums) "The usher showed us to our seats"