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单词 gentleman-usher
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gentleman-ushern.

Brit. /ˌdʒɛntlmənˈʌʃə/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛn(t)əlmənˈəʃər/
Inflections: Plural gentlemen-ushers.
Forms: see gentleman n. and usher n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentleman n., usher n.
Etymology: < gentleman n. + usher n. Compare slightly earlier gentleman huissier (see quot. 1464 at huissier n.).
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.
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gentleman-usher1485
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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).
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