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ˈusherer
[f. usher v. + -er1.]
One who or that which ushers in; an usher or harbinger. Also with in. Occas. fig.
1598Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. E 4 b, Codrus my well-fac'd Ladies taile-bearer, (He that some-times play'th Flauias usherer). 1640Reynolds Passions xxxv. 424 The Usherers in, or Attendants and followers on the Grave, Age, Infirmity, Sicknesse. c1645Howell Lett. iv. xxix. (1890) 607 True spiritual Pride, the usherer-in of all Confusions. 1824Galt Rothelan II. iii. ii. 16 The Past is usherer to the Future. 1892W. Whitman in Harper's Mag. April 709/2 Thee [sc. Death], envoy, usherer, guide at last of all. |