escort
Americannoun
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a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy.
An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
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an armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships.
The president traveled with a large escort of motorcycle police.
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a man or boy who accompanies a woman or girl in public, as to a social event.
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a person, especially a woman female escort, but sometimes a man male escort, who is paid to go on a date with a client, and usually to engage in sex acts for money.
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protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey.
to travel without escort.
- Synonyms:
- convoy
verb (used with object)
noun
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one or more persons, soldiers, vehicles, etc, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
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a man or youth who accompanies a woman or girl
he was her escort for the evening
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a person, esp a young woman, who may be hired to accompany another for entertainment, etc
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( as modifier )
an escort agency
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verb
Related Words
See accompany.
Other Word Forms
- unescorted adjective
- well-escorted adjective
Etymology
Origin of escort
First recorded in 1570–80; from French, from Italian scorta, derivative of scorgere “to conduct, guide,” from Vulgar Latin excorrigere (unrecorded); ex- 1, correct
Example Sentences
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The Charles de Gaulle has its own naval escort and carries Rafale fighter jets and reconnaissance planes on board, but relies on a host nation for defence while in its territorial waters.
From BBC
He escorted Leah to a waiting carriage with additional guns stacked inside.
From Literature
“It can be used to conduct strikes, escort bombers and in a defensive role against cruise missiles and one-way attack drones.”
AFP reporters saw the men -- including one in a wheelchair -- exiting the airport of Durban, in the coastal KwaZulu-Natal province, with their luggage and escorted by police to a holding area.
From Barron's
Volunteers at the mosque noticed an axe inside the bag and escorted the white man into a separate room.
From BBC
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