usheretten.
/ˌʌʃəˈrɛt/, U.S. /ˌəʃəˈrɛt/ A female usher in a cinema or theatre.
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1925 College Humor Aug. 66/2 The obese usherette in the toney movie house who has to wear a different fancy dress costume every week.
1926 Bulletin 27 Feb. 2 Thirty beautiful girls..will receive visitors to..the Plaza, at its opening on Tuesday. They will be called ‘usherettes’.
1948 Times 24 Feb. 7/4 Will the usherette hush the little fellow crying in the stalls.
1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye vii. 136 She's an usherette at the Regal from six-thirty to ten-thirty.
1980 R. Butler Blood-red Sun at Noon (1981) ii. i. 129 Nothing in her career as theatre usherette, conjuror's assistant and night~club hostess had prepared her for this kind of life.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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