About The Word Escort
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Escort
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What's The Definition Of Escort?
[n] the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
[n] someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [n] a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [n] an attendant who is employed to accompany someone [v] accompany as an escort [v] accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" Synonyms | Synonyms for Escort: accompaniment | bodyguard | date | esquire | see Related Terms | Find terms related to Escort: accompany | attend | attendant | bear | beau | bodyguard | boyfriend | bring | carry | cavalier | chaperon | cicerone | companion | company | conduct | conductor | consort with | convoy | cortege | date | direct | duenna | entourage | esquire | fellow | fellow traveler | gallant | gentleman-at-arms | guard | guardian | guards | guardsman | guide | lead | leader | marshal | pilot | praetorian guard | protect | protection | protector | retinue | route | safe-conduct | safeguard | see | shepherd | show | squire | steer | swain | take out | usher | vis-a-vis | wait on | watch over | yeoman See Also | accompany | appointment | associate | attendant | attender | beefeater | blind date | chaperon | chaperone | color guard | companion | comrade | convoy | convoy | defender | engagement | familiar | fellow | guard | guard of honor | guardian | guide | honor guard | outrider | Praetorian Guard | protection | protector | safeguard | shielder | squire | tender | usher | yeoman | yeoman of the guard Escort In Webster's Dictionary \Es"cort\, n. [F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide,
fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite
+ corrigere to correct, set right. See {Correct}.]
1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for
the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who
conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of
prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending
as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on
land, as convoy is to movements at sea.
The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary
rate. --Burke.
2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion;
as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
\Es*cort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escorting}.] [Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See {Escort}, n.] To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon. Syn: To accompany; attend. See {Accompany}. |
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