From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin ("doorkeeper"), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium. Akin to ōs. Probably a ostiary, and huissier.
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