Definition of escort Escort

/ɛskɔˈɹt/ - [eskort] - es•cort

We found 21 definitions of escort from 7 different sources.

What does escort mean?

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Noun Plural: escorts
escort - an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
		attendant, attender, tender a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
		color guard a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors
		guard of honor, honor guard an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral
		minder someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors; "I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us"
escort - the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
		accompaniment
		protection payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
escort - someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
		bodyguard
		guardian, protector, shielder, defender a person who cares for persons or property
		guard a position on a basketball team
		outrider an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)
		praetorian, praetorian guard the elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome
escort - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
		date
		companion, comrade, familiar, associate, fellow one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
		appointment, engagement, date (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment"
Verb escorts, escorting, escorted
escort - accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"
		accompany go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
		squire attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
		safeguard make safe
		convoy escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"
		chaperon, chaperone accompany as a chaperone
escort - accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door"
		see
		accompany go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"

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Wiktionary

escort (Noun)
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.
escort (Noun)
An accompanying person in a social gathering etc.
escort (Noun)
Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
escort (Noun)
A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent.
escort (Verb)
To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used especially with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

escort (n.)
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.
escort (n.)
Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

escort
To go or travel in the company of someone.
escort
A group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy.
escort
To accompany or attend as escort.
escort
A female prostitute who can be hired by telephone.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

escort
es′kort, n. a body of men, or a single man, accompanying any one on a journey, for protection, guidance, or merely courtesy: attendance.—v.t. Escōrt′, to attend as guide or guard. [Fr. escorte—It. scorta—scorgere, to guide—L. ex, out, corrigĕre, to set right.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

escort
A body of troops attending an individual as a guard. The term is also applied to a guard placed over prisoners on a march, to prevent their escape, and to the guard of a convoy of stores.

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escort, verb, present, 1st person singular of escort (infinitive).
escort, verb (infinitive).
escort, noun, singular of escorts.

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