Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The office of an usher.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The office of an usher; usherdom.

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  • noun The office or position of an usher.

Etymologies

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usher +‎ -ship

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Examples

  • These considerations had clenched the bookbinder's resolution, and this was now the third day of Jean's ushership.

    The Aspirations of Jean Servien Anatole France 1884

  • Whether I had got my maid's husband, a police ushership through Lord Melbourne, (as if that was a wrong); and when I said "No," again adopted the manner of disbelieving my reply.

    English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century 1854

  • During his ushership Mr. Burley had scraped acquaintance with the editor of the county newspaper, and given him some capital political articles; for Burley was, like Parr and Porson, a notable politician.

    My Novel — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • During his ushership Mr. Burley had scraped acquaintance with the editor of the county newspaper, and given him some capital political articles; for Burley was, like Parr and Porson,

    My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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