escort

[ noun es-kawrt; verb ih-skawrt ]

/ noun ˈɛs kɔrt; verb ɪˈskɔrt /

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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.

verb (used with object)

to attend or accompany as an escort.

OTHER WORDS FOR escort

5 convoy.

6 conduct, usher, squire, chaperone, take, guide.

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Origin of escort

First recorded in 1570–80; from French, from Italian scorta, derivative of scorgere “to conduct, guide,” from Vulgar Latin excorrigere (unrecorded); see ex-¹, correct

synonym study for escort

6. See accompany.

OTHER WORDS FROM escort

un·es·cort·ed, adjectivewell-es·cort·ed, adjective

Words nearby escort

Escoffier, escolar, Escondido, esconson, Escorial, escort, escort carrier, escort fighter, escort service, escribe, escritoire

How to use escort in a sentence

The correct keys and voter cards were delivered to the relevant precincts with a law enforcement escort.
Pair of Georgia runoff races are razor close with U.S. Senate control at stake|Felicia Sonmez, Colby Itkowitz, John Wagner, Paulina Firozi, Amy B Wang|January 6, 2021|Washington Post
You need an escort to enter, but “bouncers” could still kick you out.
Can Cancer Killers Get Past the Brain’s Bouncers?|Charu Kasturi|November 30, 2020|Ozy
It takes the rest of the day for paperwork to be completed and an official escort arranged.
Crime, Corona, Copper and Trouble in Zambia|Eugene Robinson|October 30, 2020|Ozy
We can do that by helping people understand how to have escorts, like your friend will walk you from the train or somebody knows where you are.
What the public is getting right — and wrong — about police abolition|Fabiola Cineas|October 30, 2020|Vox

The phone number that the text came from was for a male escort service.
Why political campaigns are sending 3 billion texts in this election|Tate Ryan-Mosley|October 28, 2020|MIT Technology Review
An escort who goes by the name of “Tommy” has experienced a wide variety of female clients.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The escort site Cowboys4Angels peddles chiseled, hot-bodied men and their smoldering model looks to women willing to pay.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And in an environment where time is money, hooking up with an escort just might be the sensible thing to do.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Hundreds of cops saluting as the bodies were rolled out with a full escort by highway patrol.
Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And though Wright kept a low profile for almost a year, he managed to solicit “Jane Doe” on online escort pages.
The Navy ‘Hero’ Who Pimped an HIV-Positive Teen|M.L. Nestel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A lineman was sent out to repair it under escort of civil guards, who were forced by the rebels to retire.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
And a little later we, too, left the post, following in the dusty wake of the paymaster's wagon and its mounted escort.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
By sheer force of character Lannes thus dominated the situation and saved the lives of himself and his escort.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
In the street the men of his escort sat their horses, having mounted at his bidding in readiness for the journey.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The capitulation was a matter of half an hour, and by nightfall I followed the duke and his escort into the town.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for escort

escort

noun (ˈɛskɔːt)

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 girlhe 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 (ɪsˈkɔːt)

(tr) to accompany or attend as an escort

Word Origin for escort

C16: from French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere to guide, from Latin corrigere to straighten; see correct

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