usher
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 引座员，招待员
- vt.
- 引导，招待
- vi.
- 作招待员
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 ussher
- 源自 ←盎格鲁-诺曼语 usser
- 源自 ←古法语 ussier
- 源自 ←通俗拉丁语 *ustiārius “doorkeeper”
- 源自 ←拉丁语 ōstiārius
词源说明
From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
- A male escort at a wedding.
- A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
- (obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher