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escort
[ noun es-kawrt; verb ih-skawrt ]
noun
- a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
- an armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships:
The president traveled with a large escort of motorcycle police.
- a man or boy who accompanies a woman or girl in public, as to a social event.
- 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.
- protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey:
to travel without escort.
Synonyms:
verb (used with object)
- to attend or accompany as an escort.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
escort
noun
- one or more persons, soldiers, vehicles, etc, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
- a man or youth who accompanies a woman or girl
he was her escort for the evening
- a person, esp a young woman, who may be hired to accompany another for entertainment, etc
- ( as modifier )
an escort agency
verb
- tr to accompany or attend as an escort
Other Word Forms
- ܲ··ǰ· adjective
- ɱ-·ǰ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of escort1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When Anthony's parents had a likely ill-advised press conference last week, asking people to leave them alone, Jeff Metcalf showed up and had to be escorted out by police.
When the reptiles arrived safely in Los Angeles, they were escorted to the zoo’s Jennings Veterinary Hospital for in-depth health assessments and quarantine.
Swiss Guards, who are responsible for the Pope's safety, escorted his coffin to the church's altar.
This would mean selected high-risk inmates would leave their cell only when handcuffed and escorted by three staff, he told the Guardian newspaper.
Women assessed as "high" risk may also get an officer escort.
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