Usher
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- Usher (occupation)Usher (occupation)Ushers assist visitors by formally showing the way in a large building or to their appropriate seats. This may coincide with a security role. The word comes from the French huissier, with the same meaning , ushers were servants or courtiers who showed or ushered visitors in and out of meetings in...
- Church usherChurch usherIn many denominations of the Christian Church, a Church usher is the first official representative seen when entering the church. The role of the usher in church is a volunteer position, and is often considered one of honor, particularly if the church or a church committee member selects an usher...
- Court usherCourt usherA 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 court room and deciding the order of cases. The...
- White House Chief UsherWhite House Chief UsherWhite House Chief Usher is the title of the head of household staff and operations at the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States....
- (archaic) The second schoolmaster in a school (such as a grammar schoolGrammar schoolA grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
in England)
- Church usher
- Usher 1CUsher 1CUsher 1C is a human gene. Recessive alleles of this gene are responsible for type 1C Usher syndrome and nonsyndromic deafness.The official name of the gene Usher 1C is “Usher syndrome 1C .”...
, human gene - Usher syndromeUsher syndromeUsher syndrome is a relatively rare genetic disorder that is a leading cause of deafblindness and that is associated with a mutation in any one of 10 genes. Other names for Usher syndrome include Hallgren syndrome, Usher-Hallgren syndrome, rp-dysacusis syndrome and dystrophia retinae dysacusis...
, genetic disorder - Gentleman UsherGentleman UsherGentleman Usher is a title for some officers of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. See List of Gentlemen Ushers for a list of office-holders.-Historical:...
of an order of knights in the United Kingdom
People:
- Usher (entertainer)Usher (entertainer)Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...
, American R&B singer and actor - Andrew UsherAndrew UsherAndrew Usher was a successful Whisky Distiller and Blender. His father had perfected blended whisky and exploited this success to transform whisky into a world-renowned spirit.He gifted the Usher Hall to Edinburgh....
, Edinburgh distiller - David UsherDavid UsherDavid Usher is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. Formerly the frontman for the alternative rock band Moist, he embarked on a solo career beginning in the late 1990s.-Biography:...
, Canadian recording artist - James Usher, (or Ussher) Archbishop of Armagh, 1625 - 1656
- James Ward Usher, benefactor of the Usher GalleryThe Collection (Lincolnshire)The Collection is the county museum and gallery for Lincolnshire in England. It is an amalgamation of the Usher Gallery and the City and County Museum in such a way that they can work more effectively together than hitherto...
, Lincoln, England - John Palmer UsherJohn Palmer UsherJohn Palmer Usher was a U.S. administrator who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War....
, U.S. administrator, Cabinet member of Abraham Lincoln - Karyn UsherKaryn UsherKaryn Usher is an American television producer and writer.She has produced twenty-four episodes for the television series Prison Break, and additionally written twelve episodes...
, American television producer and screenwriter - Michael UsherMichael UsherMichael Usher is an Australian reporter for 60 Minutes.He has previously presented Nightline and was the news presenter on Sunday alongside Ellen Fanning and Stephanie Brantz.Usher graduated from All Saints' College in Perth in 1987...
, Australian journalist and newsreader for Nine News - Paul UsherPaul UsherPaul Usher is an English actor.He was educated at St John Plessington Catholic College, Bebington, and is best known for playing Barry Grant in Brookside, from the first episode until the last , and PC Des Taviner in The Bill from 2001 to 2004.He has also appeared in Liverpool...
, English actor
Places:
- Usher, Western AustraliaUsher, Western AustraliaUsher is an outer southern suburb of Bunbury, a city in Western Australia, located within the City of Bunbury local government area. Located between the Indian Ocean coast and Bussell Highway, it is the southernmost continuous suburb in Bunbury's metropolitan area.-Demographics:At the 2006 census,...
- Mount UsherMount UsherMount Usher is a distinctive mountain overlooking the south side of Keltie Glacier about southwest of the mouth of Brandau Glacier in Antarctica. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition . Identification of this feature varied on subsequent maps. The present description follows the...
, Antarctica
In fiction:
- The family name in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Fall of the House of UsherThe Fall of the House of Usher"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in September 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. It was slightly revised in 1840 for the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque...
" - Usher (2002 film), a short film directed by Curtis HarringtonCurtis HarringtonCurtis Harrington was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films, and episodic television.-Biography:...
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- Usher HallUsher HallUsher Hall is a concert hall, situated on Lothian Road, in the west end of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has hosted concerts and events since its construction in 1914 and can hold approximately 2,900 people in its recently restored auditorium, which is well loved by performers due to its acoustics...
, Edinburgh - Ushers of TrowbridgeUshers of TrowbridgeUshers of Trowbridge was a brewery located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.In 1824, Thomas Usher and his wife Hannah acquired a small brewery in Back Street, Trowbridge, renaming it Usher's Wiltshire Brewery. In 1844, the couples three sons joined the partnership, allowing the parents to retire in 1869...
, brewery
See also
- Ussher (surname)Ussher (surname)Ussher may refer to:* Elizabeth Tyrrell , daughter of James Ussher* Henry Ussher , Archbishop of Armagh* Herbert Taylor Ussher, Governor of Tobago 1872-1875* James Ussher , Irish archbishop and theologian...
- The Fall of the House of Usher (disambiguation)The Fall of the House of Usher (disambiguation)"The Fall of the House of Usher" is an 1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe.The Fall of the House of Usher can also refer to adaptations of that work:*La chute de la maison Usher , unfinished, by Claude Debussy...