ouvreusen.

Brit.

/uːˈvrəːz/, U.S.

/uˈvrəz/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ouvreuse.

Etymology: < French ouvreuse usherette, woman who acts as doorkeeper for theatrical boxes (1694 in ouvreuse de loges ), specific use of feminine form (compare -euse suffix) corresponding to ouvreur opener, doorman < ouvrir to open (see overt adj.) + -eur -eur suffix.

In France: an usherette.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > usher or usherette

box-keeper1689

box-keeperess1825

ouvreuse1853

usherette1925

1853 Harper's Mag. June 41/1 She has become a simple ‘ouvreuse’, or door-keeper to the boxes at the theatres and opera-houses.

1892 G. B. Shaw Let. 21 Apr. (1965) I. 338 It took the united strength of my three companions, the ouvreuse, the acting manager, the fireman, and a commissionaire to hold me down and restrain me from hurling an opera glass at her head.

1903 H. James Ambassadors iii. vii. 100 The door of the box had opened, with the click of the ouvreuse, from the lobby.

1972 Guardian 5 Feb. 3/8 An inescapable one franc for the cloak-room and another for the ouvreuse.

1992 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 64 196 Certain boxes were so closely tied to their renters, in fact, that ouvreuses—the female ushers of the eighteenth century—carried lists of who could enter them and kept all others away.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ouvreuse
释义	ouvreusen. Brit. /uːˈvrəːz/, U.S. /uˈvrəz/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ouvreuse. Etymology: < French ouvreuse usherette, woman who acts as doorkeeper for theatrical boxes (1694 in ouvreuse de loges ), specific use of feminine form (compare -euse suffix) corresponding to ouvreur opener, doorman < ouvrir to open (see overt adj.) + -eur -eur suffix. In France: an usherette. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > usher or usherette box-keeper1689 box-keeperess1825 ouvreuse1853 usherette1925 1853 Harper's Mag. June 41/1 She has become a simple ‘ouvreuse’, or door-keeper to the boxes at the theatres and opera-houses. 1892 G. B. Shaw Let. 21 Apr. (1965) I. 338 It took the united strength of my three companions, the ouvreuse, the acting manager, the fireman, and a commissionaire to hold me down and restrain me from hurling an opera glass at her head. 1903 H. James Ambassadors iii. vii. 100 The door of the box had opened, with the click of the ouvreuse, from the lobby. 1972 Guardian 5 Feb. 3/8 An inescapable one franc for the cloak-room and another for the ouvreuse. 1992 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 64 196 Certain boxes were so closely tied to their renters, in fact, that ouvreuses—the female ushers of the eighteenth century—carried lists of who could enter them and kept all others away. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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