See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. ostiarius, a See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door-keeper, ostium, See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway, entrance, os, mouth)  , properly an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official or servant who See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards the entrance to a See also:

• BUILDING

building, admits those who have the right of See also:

• ADMISSION

admission and keeps out strangers; such functions as the introduction of those who are admitted, the conducting them to their seats or to the presence of the persons receiving them and the keeping of See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order and silence are also performed by them . The " ushers " of a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court are See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar officials of -this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . The name is also applied to various members of the See also:

• BRITISH

British royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, in which there are several " gentlemen-ushers." The four See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal British orders of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style one of their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• OFFICERS

officers " See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

usher "; thus there is a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman-usher of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

Rod, who is also one of the high officials of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Lords (see further, BLACK ROD, and KNIGHTHOOD AND See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

CHIVALRY, § Orders of Knighthood) . A See also:

• COMMON

common usage of the word, now obsolescent, is for an undermaster at a school .