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usherette

[ uhsh-uh-ret ]

noun

  1. a woman who escorts persons to seats in a theater, church, etc.


usherette

/ ˌʌʃəˈɛ /

noun

  1. a woman assistant in a cinema, theatre, etc, who shows people to their seats
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -ette.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of usherette1

First recorded in 1925–30; usher + -ette
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Example Sentences

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Jason Beauchamp-Hughes, the general manager, has been told Cyril was a projectionist and army volunteer, whose wife was an usherette.

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Penelope is on furlough from her job as an usherette at a London theatre.

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The theme of its holiday windows is “Theater of Dreams,” its windows filled with preening starlets, usherettes and a poodle in hair curlers.

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And then the usherette opened the doors of this dark palace and with a flashlight held behind her took him to his seat.

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After leaving school, Liz took a series of jobs including working in a garment factory and as a cinema usherette.

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