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escort definition

es·cort (eskôrt′; for v. i skort)

noun

  1. one or more persons (or cars, ships, airplanes, etc.) accompanying another or others to give protection or show honor
    1. a man or boy accompanying a woman or girl, as to a party
    2. a person, esp. a woman, employed through a business (escort service) to act as a date for a social activity, often, specif., covert illicit sexual activity
  2. accompaniment by an escort

Etymology: Fr escorte < It scorta < scorgere, to perceive, lead < LL *excorrigere < L ex-, out + corrigere, to set right, correct

transitive verb

to go with as an escort; accompany to protect or show honor or courtesy to

Etymology: Fr escorter < It scortare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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