different between usher vs omen
usher
English
Etymology
From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *usti?rius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ?sti?rius, from ?stium (“door”). Akin to ?s (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?sh?-?r, IPA(key): /?????/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?a?.?(?)]
- (UK) IPA(key): [???.?(?)]
- (US) IPA(key): [???.?]
- Rhymes: -???(?)
- Hyphenation: ush?er
Noun
usher (plural ushers)
- A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
- A male escort at a wedding.
- A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
- (obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.12:
- [H]e defrayed the expence of his entrance, and left him in the particular care and inspection of the usher, who […] though obliged by the scandalous administration of fortune to act in the character of an inferior teacher, had by his sole capacity and application, brought the school to that degree of reputation which it never could have obtained from the talents of his superior.
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 33:
- He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.12:
- (dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher.
Synonyms
- (male attendant at a wedding): groomsman, bridesman
Derived terms
- usherette
- usheress
Translations
Verb
usher (third-person singular simple present ushers, present participle ushering, simple past and past participle ushered)
- To guide people to their seats.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain."
- 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;
- 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain."
- To accompany or escort (someone).
- 1898, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, page 509
- Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered.
- 1898, John Lothrop Motley, 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
- Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.
- 1912, Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750, page 31
- (figuratively, transitive) to lead or guide somewhere
Derived terms
- usher in
Translations
Anagrams
- Huser, Rhues, Ruhes, Uhers, erhus, huers, shure
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omen
English
Etymology
From Latin ?men (“foreboding, omen”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???m?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?m?n/
- Rhymes: -??m?n
Noun
omen (plural omens)
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky. The terms for a positive omen aren't used much negatively, and it's considered oxymoronic by some to use it positively.
Synonyms
- augury, auspice, forecast, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, hint, indication, oracle, portent, prediction, presage, prophecy, sign, signal, token, warning; danger sign, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall; see also Thesaurus:omen
Related terms
- ominous
- abomination
Translations
Verb
omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
- (transitive) To be an omen of.
- (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
Synonyms
- prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage
See also
- augury
- foreboding
- portend
- portent
- stars are aligned
Further reading
- omen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- omen in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, meon, mone, nemo, nome
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin osmen, of uncertain ultimate origin. Ancient authors derived it from ?s (“mouth”). Recently it was by some referred to Proto-Indo-European *h?ew- (“to see, perceive”) (whence audi?) or to the source of Ancient Greek ?????? (oíomai, “I think, believe, suppose”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?o?.men/, [?o?m?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?o.men/, [???m?n]
Noun
?men n (genitive ?minis); third declension
- an omen
- Synonym: ?r?culum
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- ?minor
- ?min?sus
Related terms
- praen?nti?
Descendants
- Dutch: omen
- English: omen
- German: Omen
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: omen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: omen
References
- omen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- omen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- omen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- omen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- omen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin omen
Noun
omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen or omener or omina, definite plural omena or omenene or ominaene)
- an omen
References
- “omen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Latin omen.
Noun
omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen, definite plural omena)
- an omen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
omen m
- definite singular of om
References
- “omen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Portuguese
Noun
omen m
- Alternative form of ome
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