To guide people to their seats. / To accompany or escort (someone). / (figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald. / (figuratively, transitive) to lead or guide somewhere

To announce the arrival of something; to herald. / To begin something with preparatory material; to introduce.

simple past tense and past participle of usher

plural of ushering

present participle of usher

An act of guiding or escorting.

plural of gentleman usher

A relatively rare genetic disorder that is a leading cause of deafblindness.

An usher in the British royal household. / (historical) A high-ranking servant responsible for overseeing the work of other servants.

(Britain) The sergeant-at-arms in the House of Lords.