Usher
Usher most commonly refers to:
- Usher (occupation), a person who welcomes and shows people where to sit
- Church usher
- Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony
- Field usher, a military rank
- Usher of Justice, a judicial official in some countries
- Usher of the Black Rod, a parliamentary official in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand
- Gentleman Usher, a category of royal official in the United Kingdom
- White House Chief Usher
- Usher (Switzerland), a largely ceremonial function in Swiss federal, cantonal, and local governments
- An assistant to a head teacher or schoolmaster (generally obsolete); see Usher (occupation) § History
- Usher (musician) (born 1978), American R&B recording artist, performer, and actor
Usher may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Usher Komugisha, Ugandan sports journalist and commentator
- Usher (surname), a list of people
Places
[edit]- Usher, Western Australia
- Mount Usher, Antarctica
- Usher Glacier, South Shetland Islands
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Ushers, New York, a hamlet in Saratoga County, New York
Media
[edit]Film
[edit]- Usher (2002 film), a short film directed by Curtis Harrington
- Usher (2004 film), a film based on the short story by Poe
Music
[edit]- Usher (album), the 1994 debut album by the singer of the same name
Other uses in media
[edit]- The family name in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- The Fall of the House of Usher (disambiguation), adaptations of Poe's work
Other uses
[edit]- Gentleman Usher of an order of knights in the United Kingdom
- Usher 1C, a human gene
- Usher syndrome, a genetic disorder
- Ushers of Trowbridge, a former English brewery
- Usher baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Usher (fragrance)
- Usher (software), an enterprise security platform