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Escort

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Noun

1. bodyguard, escort

someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

2. accompaniment, escort

the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

3. escort

an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

4. date, escort

a participant in a date

Example Sentences:
'his date never stopped talking'

Verb

5. escort

accompany as an escort

Example Sentences:
'She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball'

6. escort, see

accompany or escort

Example Sentences:
'I'll see you to the door'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Escort

see synonyms of escort
noun (ˈɛskɔːt )
1. 
one or more persons, soldiers, vehicles, etc, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
2. 
a man or youth who accompanies a woman or girl
he was her escort for the evening
3. 
a. 
a person, esp a young woman, who may be hired to accompany another for entertainment, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
an escort agency
verb (ɪsˈkɔːt )
4. (transitive)
to accompany or attend as an escort

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Escort

see synonyms of escort
noun
1. 
one or more persons (or cars, ships, airplanes, etc.) accompanying another or others to give protection or show honor
2. 
a. 
a man or boy accompanying a woman or girl, as to a party
b. 
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
verb transitive
4. 
to go with as an escort; accompany to protect or show honor or courtesy to

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Escort

see synonyms of escort
n.
1.
a. One or more persons accompanying another to guide, protect, or show honor.
b. A man who is the companion of a woman, especially on a social occasion.
c. A person, often a prostitute, who is hired to spend time with another as a companion.
2.
a. One or more vehicles accompanying another vehicle to guide, protect, or honor its passengers.
b. One or more warships or planes used to defend or protect other craft from enemy attack.
3. The act of accompanying a person, conveyance, or group as an escort: jets flying in escort alongside the president's airplane.
tr.v. (ĭ-skôrt, ĕ-skôrt, ĕskôrt′) es·cort·ed, es·cort·ing, es·corts
To accompany or guide, especially as an escort: The usher escorted me to the front row. See Synonyms at accompany.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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