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What (who) is usherette - definition

PERSON WHO ASSISTS VISITORS BY SHOWING THE WAY IN A BUILDING OR TO CORRECT SEATS
Usherette; Court usher; Court Usher; Ushers; Usher (visitor assistant)
  • Princess Theatre]] in [[Edmonton]], Canada in 1915
  • Cinema ticket. The usher checks the tickets in the entrance of cinemas and theaters, directing visitors to their seat and assists people who sit in the wrong place

usherette         
¦ noun a woman who shows people to their seats in a cinema or theatre.
Usher (occupation)         
An usher is a person who welcomes and shows people where to sit, especially at a church, theatre or when attending a wedding.
Court usher         
A court usher is a position in a law court. Tasks generally performed by court ushers involve escorting participants to the courtroom, and seeing that they are suitably hydrated, as well as ensuring the secure transaction of legal documents within the courtroom and deciding the order of cases.

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Usher (occupation)

An usher is a person who welcomes and shows people where to sit, especially at a church, theatre or when attending a wedding.

Examples of use of usherette
1. They are, in essence, the sinister cousin of the usherette who would appear in the interval at the cinema to sell ice cream.
2. One lady in the interval ice–cream queue thought it necessary to protect her reputation by explaining to the usherette that, had the seats not been so expensive, she would have left at the end of the first act.
3. Apart from an encounter with an usherette in a 1'30s style foyer, the piece consists only of light and sound, yet somehow it feels crowded with human ghosts and infested with the memories of those who once sat in the theatre and performed on its stage.