Definition of Huissier

1. an usher [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Huissier

huhu beetle
huhus
hui
huia
huias
huic
huipil
huipiles
huipils
huis
huisache
huisaches
huisher
huishers
huissier (current term)
huissiers
huitain
huitains
huitfoil
huitlacoche
huitre
hujra
hujras
huke
hukes
hula
hula-hoop
hula-hula
hula hoop

Literary usage of Huissier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"huissier. An usher of the court An officer who serves process. ... The French huissier certifies his process ; the Canadian merely serves what is put into ..."

2. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"Originally a huissier à cheval, at the Châtelet, he joined in the revolutionary movement with the greatest enthusiasm. In the year 1789 he was procureur ..."

3. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1856)
"The marriage was shortly concluded ; and in two days afterwards the unfortunate wife was murdered in her apartment, Rue de Richelieu, by L'huissier and his ..."

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