单词 | gentleman-usher |
释义 | gentleman-ushern. A gentleman who acts as an usher to a person of superior rank. Now: spec. a man who acts as an usher to the British monarch. Also figurative.See also Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod at Black Rod n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > gentleman usher gentleman-usher1485 quarter waiter?a1522 quarterly waiter1699 1485–6 Act of Resumption in Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 m. 22 One of oure gentilmene husshers. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 John ii. f. xlviv What appeare they to be elles, than Antichristes gentilmen husshers? 1680 T. Jordan London's Glory 13 In the Rear of them..hastens the Foins and Budge-Batchelors together with the Gentlemen-Ushers to Guild-Hall. 1714 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs (1741) 13 Many of them required no more Abilities than would serve to qualify a Gentleman-Usher, at Court. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxvii. 86 He announced him in the voice of a gentleman-usher. 2016 Times (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Editorial section) 55 In 1971, he was appointed gentleman usher to the Queen, a post he held for 20 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1485 |
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