Letin vs Usher - What's the difference?
letin | usher |
A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
A male escort at a wedding.
A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
(dated) An underteacher, or assistant master, in a school.
To guide people to their seats.
* 1836 , , Sketches by Boz , "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain."
To accompany or escort (someone).
* 1898 , , The Rise of the Dutch Republic , page 509
(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
* 1912 , Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750 , page 31
(figuratively) to lead or guide somewhere
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As nouns the difference between letin and usher
is that letin is while usher is a person, in a church, cinema etc, who escorts people to their seats.As a verb usher is
to guide people to their seats.letin
Not English
Letin has no English definition. It may be misspelled.usher
English
(wikipedia usher)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* usheretteVerb
- Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door;
- Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered .
- Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.
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