Husher

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who hushes, insisting on silence.
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of usher. alt-of, obsolete

    "And false Duessa, seeming lady fayre, A gentle husher, Vanitie by name"

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of usher. alt-of, obsolete

    "[N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him vvho can, the Ladies call him ſvveete."

Synonyms

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Example

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"And false Duessa, seeming lady fayre, A gentle husher, Vanitie by name"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hush + -er.

Etymology 2

Variant of usher inherited from Middle English.

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