convoy

[kon-voi, kuhn-voi, kon-voi]

verb (used with object)

1. to accompany or escort, usually for protection.

   A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.

noun

1. the act of convoying.

2. the protection provided by an escort.

3. a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.

4. an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection.

5. any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.

6. Citizens Band Radio Slang.,  two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together.

convoy

/ ˈkɒnvɔɪ /

noun

1. a group of merchant ships with an escort of warships

2. a group of land vehicles assembled to travel together

3. the act of travelling or escorting by convoy (esp in the phrase in convoy )

verb

1. (tr) to escort while in transit

Other Word Forms

• unconvoyed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of convoy¹

1325–75; Middle English convoyen < Middle French convoier, Anglo-French conveier to convey

Word History and Origins

Origin of convoy¹

C14: from Old French convoier to _convey

Synonym Study

See accompany.

Example Sentences

The government also said that, in late September, a humanitarian convoy containing Noboa was attacked and 17 soldiers taken hostage.

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As the SDF convoy rolled by, men and boys glared from storefronts.

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Mr Rees said that Mr Gordon and other members of his gang drove in a convoy of two vehicles from Leicester to Cardiff.

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"People are hungry. The last scheduled food convoy was ambushed, worsening the situation for an already exhausted population," said one resident.

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The rider had been rushing to reach his pregnant wife when he got caught up in a presidential convoy.

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