单词 | usherer |
释义 | usherern. One who or that which ushers in; an usher or harbinger. Also with in. Occasionally figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > one who goes first > as a harbinger or messenger messengerc1230 foregoer1393 fourrier1481 fore-rider1513 fore-currour1548 usher1548 harbingera1550 vaunt-courier1561 van-courier1581 herald1597 usherer1598 outrunner1891 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E4v Codrus my well-fac'd Ladies taile-bearer, (He that some-times play'th Flauias vsherer). 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxxv. 424 The Usherers in, or Attendants and followers on the Grave, Age, Infirmity, Sicknesse. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxix. 70 Tru spiritual pride, the usherer in of all confusions. 1824 J. Galt Rothelan II. iii. ii. 16 The Past is usherer to the Future. 1892 W. Whitman in Harper's Mag. Apr. 709/2 Thee [sc. Death], envoy, usherer, guide at last of all. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1598 |
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