usherette

American  

[uhsh-uh-ret] / ˌʌʃ əˈrɛt /

noun

1. a woman who escorts persons to seats in a theater, church, etc.

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usherette British  

/ ˌʌʃəˈrɛt /

noun

1. a woman assistant in a cinema, theatre, etc, who shows people to their seats

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Gender

See -ette.

Etymology

Origin of usherette

First recorded in 1925–30; usher + -ette

Example Sentences

In her run-down Victorian house, she produces a literary journal, Vista, and provides lodging to four tenants: Robbie, a struggling writer; Georgina, a flighty debutante; Mina, an ambitious cinema usherette; and Saul, a wartime refugee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Jason Beauchamp-Hughes, the general manager, has been told Cyril was a projectionist and army volunteer, whose wife was an usherette.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

“We got as high as we possibly could and went to the Winter Garden, and our usherette said, ‘Your cat will be with you shortly,’” she explained.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2016

Entrepreneurs double up – an usherette flogs shiatsu and lamb chops – as do the actors: sharp documentary episodes are intercut with a band, bingo and dodgy jokes.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2010

And then the usherette opened the doors of this dark palace and with a flashlight held behind her took him to his seat.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin