usheretten.

Brit.

/ˌʌʃəˈrɛt/, U.S.

/ˌəʃəˈrɛt/

Etymology: < usher n. + -ette suffix.

A female usher in a cinema or theatre.

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

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > usherette

usherette1925

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).

单词	usherette
释义	usheretten. Brit. /ˌʌʃəˈrɛt/, U.S. /ˌəʃəˈrɛt/ Etymology: < usher n. + -ette suffix. A female usher in a cinema or theatre. 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 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > usherette usherette1925 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). < n.1925
随便看	theatre of fact theatre of the absurd theatre of war theatre organ theatre organist theatre party theatre people theatre seat theatre sister theatre stall theatre suit theatre workshop theatre-bill theatre-bodice theatre-combat theatre-floor theatre-goer theatre-going theatre-haunter theatre-house theatre-in-the-round theatre-land theatre-light theatre-like theatre-list