Usher Usher may refer to: Usher Raymond, an American pop/R&B singer and actor. An attendant or escort, such as one who shows patrons to their seats in a theatre, church, wedding, or other formal affair. A groomsman. A junior or assistant teacher at an English public school. This usage is now obsolete. The family name in Edgar Allan Poe's short-story "The Fall of the House of Usher". David Usher, an English falsetto rock singer/songwriter. The name of the famous Archbishop and biblical chronologer is spelt "James Ussher". Abbott Payson Usher (Abbott P. Usher, Abbott Usher), economic historian Roland Greene Usher (Roland G. Usher, Roland Usher), historian