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.

protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey: to travel without escort.

verb (used with object)

to attend or accompany as an escort.

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Origin of escort

1570–80; < French < Italian scorta, derivative of scorgere to conduct < Vulgar Latin *excorrigere. See ex-¹, correct

SYNONYMS FOR escort

4. convoy. 5. conduct, usher, squire, chaperon, take, guide.

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Related formsun·es·cort·ed, adjectivewell-es·cort·ed, adjective

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5. See accompany.

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She then claimed that security guards approached her car saying Cosby told them to escort her home.
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This shall apply to his escort and retinue and to all who come and go in his service.
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The escort rode a short distance behind the girl, and they were hard put to it to hold the mad pace which she set them.
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Before this council Godwin and his sons were summoned to appear without an escort, and unarmed.
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As he was about to depart, Spence Cuthbert and her escort, returning from their ride, dashed up to the doorway.
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He didn't want no ball, no bowin' and backin' off—no escort.
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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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Word Origin and History for escort

escort

1570s, in military sense, from Middle French escorte (16c.), from Italian scorta, literally "a guiding," from scorgere "to guide," from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from ex- "out" (see ex-) + corrigere "set right" (see correct). The sense of "person accompanying another to a social occasion" is 1936.

escort

1708, from escort (n.); social sense is from 1890. Related: Escorted; escorting.

escort

noun

verb (used with object)

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