convoy

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verb (used with object)

to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.

noun

the act of convoying.

the protection provided by an escort.

a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.

an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection.

any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.

Citizens Band Radio Slang. two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together.

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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English convoyen < Middle French convoier, Anglo-French conveier to convey

Related forms

un·con·voyed, adjective

Synonyms
1. See accompany.

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convoy (ˈkɒnvɔɪ)

—n
1.	a group of merchant ships with an escort of warships
2.	a group of land vehicles assembled to travel together
3.	the act of travelling or escorting by convoy (esp in the phrase in convoy)

—vb
4.	(tr) to escort while in transit

[C14: from Old French convoier to convey]

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Word Origin & History

convoy

late 14c. (as a verb), from O.Fr. convoier, from V.L. *conviare, lit. "go together on the road" (see convey). The noun first recorded 1550s, "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.

Example sentences

On a continent-wide journey, truck driver guides his own truck and two others

semi-automatically following him in a convoy.

The convoy had barely steamed into the station of that city when this amazing

game of hare and hounds came to an abrupt end.

They were part of a convoy of thirteen ships that set sail.

Even cooks and legal administration clerks were pulling security and convoy

duty.

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