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con⋅voy

  [v. kon-voi, kuhn-voi; n. kon-voi]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.
–noun
2. the act of convoying.
3. the protection provided by an escort.
4. a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.
5. an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, esp. for protection.
6. any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.
7. Citizens Band Radio Slang. two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together.
Origin:
1325–75; ME convoyen < MF convoier, AF conveier to convey

Synonyms:
1. See accompany.
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con·voy   (kŏn'voi')   
n.  
  1. The act of accompanying or escorting, especially for protective purposes.
  2. An accompanying and protecting force, as of ships or troops.
  3. A group, as of ships or motor vehicles, traveling together with a protective escort or for safety or convenience.
tr.v.   (kŏn'voi', kən-voi') con·voyed, con·voy·ing, con·voys
To accompany, especially for protection; escort: warships convoying merchant vessels across the Atlantic.

[From Middle English convoyen, to escort, from Old French convoier, variant of conveier; see convey.]
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Convoy

Con*voy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Convoying.] [F. convoyer, OF. conveier, convoier. See Convey.] To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.

I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy. --Emerson.

Convoy

Con"voy\, n. [F. convoi.]

1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.

To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war. --Macaulay.

2. A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.

3. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.

When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy on the road. --Emerson.

4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] --Shak.

5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. --Knight.
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Language Translation for : Convoy
Spanish: convoy,
German: der Konvoy,
Japanese: 一隊
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convoy 
1375 (as a verb), from O.Fr. convoier, from V.L. *conviare, lit. "go together on the road" (see convey). The noun first recorded 1557, "the act of guiding or escorting for protection;" meaning "train of ships or wagons carrying munitions or provisions in wartime under protection of escort" is from c.1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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