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es·cort (es′kôrt′; 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
  3. 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

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escort Synonyms

escort

n.

guide, protection, bodyguard, attendant, henchman, safeguard, guard, date, companion, partner, gentleman friend, cavalier, squire, guard of honor, retinue, entourage, train, convoy, cortege, consort; see also companion 2.


escort

v.

accompany, attend, conduct, take out*; see accompany 1, date 2. See syn. study at accompany.


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escort Usage Examples

Object

  • convoy: This was to be the convoy escorted by two dance class trawlers, destination Gibraltar.

Subject

  • destroyer: Shortly afterward, Wanklyn intercepted another convoy of five heavily laden supply ships, escorted by four destroyers.

Adjective modifier

  • blond: It is our pleasure to introduce Nicole, a beautiful, trim and sexy blond escort currently living and working in Scotland.

Modifies a noun

  • carrier: Small escort carriers were also deployed to protect convoys.

Noun used with modifier

  • convoy: The Wellington served primarily in the North Atlantic on convoy escort duties.

Preposition: of

  • destroyer: We had an escort of four French destroyers and they let go depth charges.

Preposition: for

  • convoy: At 0300 on the 21st the minesweeper Georgian was waiting to provide an escort for a convoy southbound for Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Preposition: by

  • destroyer: The ship sailed from Boulogne to Dover escorted by six destroyers.
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escort quotes

After nightfall, I wouldn't leave a burning building without an escort.

-Van Horne, Harriet

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