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Definition of Escort
1. Verb. Accompany as an escort. "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"
2. Noun. Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person.
Group relationships: Guard
Generic synonyms: Defender, Guardian, Protector, Shielder
Specialized synonyms: Outrider, Praetorian, Praetorian Guard, Beefeater, Yeoman, Yeoman Of The Guard
Derivative terms: Body Guard
3. Verb. Accompany or escort. "I'll see you to the door"
4. Noun. The act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them.
Generic synonyms: Protection
Specialized synonyms: Convoy
Derivative terms: Accompany, Accompany
5. Noun. An attendant who is employed to accompany someone.
Specialized synonyms: Color Guard, Guard Of Honor, Honor Guard, Minder, Guide, Usher
6. Noun. A participant in a date. "His date never stopped talking"
Group relationships: Appointment, Date, Engagement
Specialized synonyms: Blind Date
Generic synonyms: Associate, Companion, Comrade, Familiar, Fellow
Derivative terms: Date, Date
Definition of Escort
1. 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.
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Escort
1. 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. ¹
2. Noun. An accompanying person in a social gathering etc. ¹
3. Noun. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend. ¹
4. Noun. A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent. ¹
5. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Escort
1. to accompany [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: accompany
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escort
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