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The French word ''huissier'' (" doorman", from ''huis'', an archaic term for a door) designates ceremonial offices in France and Switzerland.
The French word ''huissier'' (" doorman", from ''huis'', an archaic term for a door) designates ceremonial offices in France and Switzerland.
France
In French government ministries and Parliament, a ''huissier'', which can be translated asusher
Usher may refer to:
Several jobs which originally involved directing people and ensuring people are in the correct place:
* Usher (occupation)
** Church usher
** Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony
** Fiel ...
, is an employee who provides general service to the minister or assembly (transmitting messages, ensuring that doors are closed or open appropriately, handling ballot boxes, etc.). Traditionally, they wear a chain around the neck, because their original function was to lock and unlock doors.
Before the Revolution, the title could be a court office in the household of royalty, as a type of valet de chambre
''Valet de chambre'' (), or ''varlet de chambre'', was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from the 14th century onwards. Royal households had many persons appointed at any time. While some valets simply waited on t ...
.
Switzerland
InSwitzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, ''huissier'' is the French equivalent of German ''Weibel'' (also ''Amtsweibel''), the term for a ceremonial office in Swiss cantonal and federal governments, parliaments and courts of law. At the federal level, the office is known as ''Bundesweibel'', at the cantonal level as ''Standesweibel'' for governments, ''Ratsweibel'' for parliaments and ''Gerichtsweibel'' for courts of law. Some cities also have the office at the communal level (''Stadtweibel'').
Swiss ''huissier'' in their official capacities wear ceremonial robes with the heraldic colours of the entity they represent, ''Bundesweibel'' in red and white, cantonal weibel in cantonal colours (''Standesfarben'').
Other use
There is some debate that thedemonym
A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...
for people from the U.S. state of Indiana, Hoosier, is derived from the word ''huissier''.
See also
* Aegis * Huissier de justice * Necklet * Chain of office * Doorman * Footman *Usher
Usher may refer to:
Several jobs which originally involved directing people and ensuring people are in the correct place:
* Usher (occupation)
** Church usher
** Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony
** Fiel ...
* Hospitality
*Protocol (diplomacy)
In international politics, protocol is the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state. It may also refer to an international agreement that supplements or amends a treaty.
A protocol is a rule which describes how an activity should be performed ...
* Meet and Greet
References
* {{Authority control Law of France Swiss culture