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 ** Field usher, a military rank ** Court usher, a court official ** Usher of Justice, a judicial official in some countries **

Usher of the Black Rod Black Rod (officially known as the Lady Usher of the Black Rod or, if male, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod) is an official in the parliaments of several Commonwealth countries. The position originates in the House of Lords of the Parliam ...

, a parliamentary official in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand **

Gentleman Usher Gentleman Usher is a title for some officers of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. See List of Gentlemen Ushers for a list of office-holders. Gentlemen Ushers as servants Historical Gentlemen Ushers were originally a class of servants fou ...

, a category of royal official in the United Kingdom ** White House Chief Usher ** Usher (Switzerland), a largely ceremonial function in Swiss federal, cantonal, and local governments

People

* Usher (musician) (born 1978), American R&B recording artist, performer, and actor ** ''Usher'' (album), a 1994 debut album by Usher *

Usher Komugisha Usher Komugisha (born c. 1988) is a Ugandan sports journalist and commentator, who is also a former athlete. In a decade of experience as a multi-media journalist, she has worked on international outlets including SuperSport, International Basket ...

, Ugandan sports journalist and commentator * Usher (surname), a list of people

Places

* Usher, Western Australia * Mount Usher, Antarctica * Usher Glacier, South Shetland Islands * Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland * Ushers, New York, a hamlet in Saratoga County, New York

Media

Film

* ''Usher'' (2002 film), a short film directed by Curtis Harrington * ''Usher'' (2004 film), a film based on the short story by Poe

Other uses in media

* The family name in the Edgar Allan Poe short story " The Fall of the House of Usher" **

The Fall of the House of Usher (disambiguation) "The Fall of the House of Usher" is an 1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The Fall of the House of Usher and The House of Usher may also refer to adaptations of that work: Film and television * ''The Fall of the House of Usher'' (1928 American f ...

, adaptations of Poe's work

Other uses

of an order of knights in the United Kingdom *

Usher 1C Usher 1C is a human gene. Recessive alleles of this gene are responsible for type 1C Usher syndrome and nonsyndromic deafness. The official name of the gene Usher 1C is “Usher syndrome 1C (autosomal recessive, severe).” USH1C is the gene's ...

, a human gene * Usher syndrome, a genetic disorder *

Ushers of Trowbridge Ushers of Trowbridge was a brewery in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, between 1824 and 2000. History In 1824, Thomas Usher and his wife Hannah acquired a small brewery in Back Street, Trowbridge, renaming it Usher's Wiltshire Brewery. In 184 ...

, a former English brewery *

Usher baronets The Usher Baronetcy, of Norton in Ratho in the County of Midlothian, and of Wells in Hobkirk in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 August 1899 for John Usher, a whisky distiller and b ...