husher en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From hush + -er.
Meanings
- Someone who hushes, insisting on silence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hushers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
husher en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
Variant of usher inherited from Middle English.
Meanings
-
(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of usher.
alt of usher
And false Duessa, seeming lady fayre, A gentle husher, Vanitie by name
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hushers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
husher en · VERB · etymology 2
Etymology
Variant of usher inherited from Middle English.
Meanings
-
(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of usher.
alt of usher
[N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him vvho can, the Ladies call him ſvveete.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], signature H2, recto:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hushers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hushering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hushered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hushered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |