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usherette
[uhsh-uh-ret]
noun
a woman who escorts persons to seats in a theater, church, etc.
usherette
/ ˌʌʃəˈɛ /
noun
a woman assistant in a cinema, theatre, etc, who shows people to their seats
Gender Note
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of usherette1
Example Sentences
Jason Beauchamp-Hughes, the general manager, has been told Cyril was a projectionist and army volunteer, whose wife was an usherette.
Penelope is on furlough from her job as an usherette at a London theatre.
The theme of its holiday windows is “Theater of Dreams,” its windows filled with preening starlets, usherettes and a poodle in hair curlers.
And then the usherette opened the doors of this dark palace and with a flashlight held behind her took him to his seat.
After leaving school, Liz took a series of jobs including working in a garment factory and as a cinema usherette.
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