Usher: alternatives and connections

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

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One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

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The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

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Taken.

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Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

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The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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