(UK) An usher in a church.
(UK) An usher in a church.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, Christianity) An usher; also, in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide.
(slang, obsolete) An usher at a school.
(obsolete, chiefly, British) A female lay church worker who tends the pews in a church; a sextoness.
(British) A person engaged by a church to eject unruly dogs and children from acts of worship.
(US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church.