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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gentleman usher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "usheress"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "usherette"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "ussher"
},
"expansion": "Middle English ussher",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "uscher"
},
"expansion": "uscher",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "usscher"
},
"expansion": "usscher",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "usser"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman usser",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "ussier"
},
"expansion": "Old French ussier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "uissier",
"3": "",
"4": "porter, doorman"
},
"expansion": "uissier (“porter, doorman”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "huissier"
},
"expansion": "French huissier",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "",
"4": "*ustiārius",
"5": "doorkeeper"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "ōstiārius"
},
"expansion": "Latin ōstiārius",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ōstium",
"3": "",
"4": "door"
},
"expansion": "ōstium (“door”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ōs",
"3": "",
"4": "mouth"
},
"expansion": "ōs (“mouth”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ostiary",
"3": "huissier",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "doublet of ostiary and huissier",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ushers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "usher (plural ushers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ush‧er"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats."
],
"id": "en-usher-en-noun-SYzrsNhU",
"links": [
[
"church",
"church"
],
[
"cinema",
"cinema"
],
[
"escort",
"escort"
],
[
"seat",
"seat"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šveycʿar",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "շվեյցար"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dṙnapan",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "դռնապան"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "barapan",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "բարապան"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"note": "in cinema",
"roman": "hskičʿ",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "հսկիչ"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razporeditel",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "разпоредител"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "引座员"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uvaděč"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biletář"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plaatsaanwijzer"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "nl",
"english": "cinema",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ouvreuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "akceptisto"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "suntio"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in church",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "kirkonpalvelija"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "elsewhere",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "paikannäyttäjä"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ouvreur"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Platzanweiser"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "taxithétis",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ταξιθέτης"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "jegyszedő"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jegyszedőnő"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maschera"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"alt": "あんないにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "annainin",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "案内人"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rasporéduvač",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "распоре́дувач"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rasporéditel",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "распоре́дител"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "kaitaupaepae"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "pt",
"english": "cinema",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "lanterninha"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arrumador"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprod"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plasator"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kapelʹdiner",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "капельдинер"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "razvodnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "es",
"english": "cinema, theatre",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acomodador"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acomodadora"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "es",
"english": "protestant churches",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ujier"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "seadöpijonan"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seadöpihijonan"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 10 1 9 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seadöpijijonan"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"A male escort at a wedding."
],
"id": "en-usher-en-noun-oP8LKR~J",
"links": [
[
"escort",
"escort"
],
[
"wedding",
"wedding"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "6 86 1 7 1",
"sense": "male attendant at a wedding",
"word": "groomsman"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 1 7 1",
"sense": "male attendant at a wedding",
"word": "bridesman"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šáfer",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ша́фер"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànláng",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "伴郎"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "sulhaspoika"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escorte"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garçon d’honneur"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "vőfély"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "násznagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cerimoniere"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 0 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šáfer",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ша́фер"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"A doorkeeper in a courtroom."
],
"id": "en-usher-en-noun-mZFyFpf8",
"links": [
[
"doorkeeper",
"doorkeeper"
],
[
"courtroom",
"courtroom"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razsilen",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разсилен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎdeben pristav",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "съдебен пристав"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "uixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soudní zřízenec"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "ovenvartija"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "huissier"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gerichtsdiener"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "teremszolga"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "usciere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "messo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprod"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ușier"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pristav",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пристав"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ujier"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "ordenanza"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "portero de estrados"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 0 86 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "bedel"
}
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"An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher."
],
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"head teacher",
"head teacher"
],
[
"schoolteacher",
"schoolteacher"
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[
"assistant",
"assistant"
],
[
"teacher",
"teacher"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"Any schoolteacher."
],
"id": "en-usher-en-noun-DhCu-JlZ",
"links": [
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"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher."
],
"tags": [
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"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʌʃəɹ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaʃ.ə(ɹ)]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʌʃ.ɚ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌʃə(ɹ)"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/En-au-usher.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "ŭshʹ-ər"
}
],
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"usher"
],
"word": "usher"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "usher in"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "ussher"
},
"expansion": "Middle English ussher",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "uscher"
},
"expansion": "uscher",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "usscher"
},
"expansion": "usscher",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "xno",
"3": "usser"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "ussier"
},
"expansion": "Old French ussier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "uissier",
"3": "",
"4": "porter, doorman"
},
"expansion": "uissier (“porter, doorman”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "huissier"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "",
"4": "*ustiārius",
"5": "doorkeeper"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "ōstiārius"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "ōstium",
"3": "",
"4": "door"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"masculine"
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"word": "Platzanweiser"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "taxithétis",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ταξιθέτης"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "jegyszedő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jegyszedőnő"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maschera"
},
{
"alt": "あんないにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "annainin",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "案内人"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rasporéduvač",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "распоре́дувач"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rasporéditel",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "распоре́дител"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "kaitaupaepae"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "cinema",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "lanterninha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arrumador"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprod"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plasator"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kapelʹdiner",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"word": "капельдинер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "razvodnik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "cinema, theatre",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acomodador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acomodadora"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "protestant churches",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ujier"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "seadöpijonan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seadöpihijonan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who escorts people to their seats",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seadöpijijonan"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šáfer",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ша́фер"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànláng",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "伴郎"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "sulhaspoika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escorte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garçon d’honneur"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "vőfély"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"word": "násznagy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cerimoniere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šáfer",
"sense": "male escort at a wedding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ша́фер"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razsilen",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разсилен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎdeben pristav",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "съдебен пристав"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "uixer"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soudní zřízenec"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "ovenvartija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "huissier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gerichtsdiener"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "teremszolga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "messo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprod"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ușier"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пристав"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "ordenanza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "portero de estrados"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "doorkeeper in a courtroom",
"word": "bedel"
}
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"ref": "1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the \"Settebello\"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140",
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"ref": "1912, Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750, page 31",
"text": "Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"forerunner",
"forerunner"
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"herald",
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"(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald."
],
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"ref": "2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record",
"text": "McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.",
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}
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaʃ.ə(ɹ)]",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)]",
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]
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "uġekcʿel",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "ուղեկցել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aṙaǰnordel",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "առաջնորդել"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "aanwijzen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "opastaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "ohjata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "zuweisen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "anweisen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "führen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "kísér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "vezet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "ültet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "accompagnare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "guidare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódvede",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "о́дведе"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódnese",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "о́днесе"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "plasa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provožatʹ",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "провожать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "acomodar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "begeleiden"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "konduki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "opastaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ohjata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "escorter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "begleiten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "Gesellschaft leisten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "optionally with “in”/“out”",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "(be"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "optionally with “in”/“out”",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ki)kísér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "(be"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ki)tessékel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "(be"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ki)vezet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "scortare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "introdurre"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prídruži",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "при́дружи"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "taupaepae"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soprovoždátʹ",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "сопровожда́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "acompañar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "ennakoida"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "vorausgehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "beharangoz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "precedere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "precorrere"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "próglasi",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "про́гласи"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozveščatʹ",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "возвещать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "preceder"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "anunciar"
}
],
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"usher"
],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.