bridesmaid vs usher

bridesmaid

noun
  • A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. 

  • A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first. 

verb
  • To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony. 

usher

noun
  • A male escort at a wedding. 

  • A doorkeeper in a courtroom. 

  • A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats. 

verb
  • To lead or guide somewhere. 

  • To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald. 

  • To accompany or escort (someone). 

  • To guide people to their seats. 

How often have the words bridesmaid and usher occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )