a. [f. USHER sb. + -LESS.] Lacking an usher, herald, or harbinger. In earlier use fig.

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1598.  Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. i. IV. Handy-crafts, 88. Where Usher-lesse, both day and night, the … windes enter and goe forth.

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1604.  Marston, Malcontent, IV. v. G j. There Vsherlesse the ayre comes in and out.

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1815.  Milman, Fazio, 80. Who art thou thus usherless and unbidden Scarest my privacy?

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1883.  J. Payn, Thicker than Water, II. xxix. 217. On the great staircase he met Mrs. Sotheran coming up usherless.

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