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ˈusherless, a.
[f. usher n. + -less.]
Lacking an usher, herald, or harbinger. In earlier use fig.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iv. Handy-crafts 88 Where Usher-lesse, both day and night, the..windes enter and goe forth. 1604Marston Malcontent iv. v. G j, There Vsherlesse the ayre comes in and out. 1815Milman Fazio 80 Who art thou thus usherless and unbidden Scarest my privacy? 1883J. Payn Thicker than Water II. xxix. 217 On the great staircase he met Mrs. Sotheran coming up usherless. |