Usher Explained

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 (musician) (born 1978), American R&B recording artist, performer, and actor

Usher may also refer to:

People

• Usher Komugisha, Ugandan sports journalist and commentator
• Usher (surname), a list of people

Places

• 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

Film

• Usher (2002 film), a short film directed by Curtis Harrington
• Usher (2004 film), a film based on the short story by Poe

Music

• Usher (album), the 1994 debut album by the singer of the same name

Other uses in media

• 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

• 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

See also

• Ussher