usher
 ush·er (ŭshʹər)n.
1. One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium.
2. A man who attends a bridal party at a wedding.
3. One who serves as official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
4. An official whose duty is to make introductions between unacquainted persons or to precede persons of rank in a procession.
5. Archaic. An assistant teacher in a school.v. ush·ered, ush·er·ing, ush·ersv. tr.
1. To serve as an usher to; escort.
2. To lead or conduct. See Synonyms at guide.
3. To precede and introduce; inaugurate:
a celebration to usher in the new century.v. intr.
To serve as an usher:
ushered every Sunday at church. [Middle English, doorkeeper, from Anglo-Norman usser, from Vulgar Latin *ūstiārius, from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium, door. See ōs- in Indo-European Roots.]
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