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escort

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es⋅cort

  [n. es-kawrt; v. i-skawrt]
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–noun
1. a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
2. an armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships: The president traveled with a large escort of motorcycle police.
3. a man or boy who accompanies a woman or girl in public, as to a social event.
4. protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey: to travel without escort.
–verb (used with object)
5. to attend or accompany as an escort.
Origin:
1570–80; < F < It scorta, deriv. of scorgere to conduct < VL *excorrigere. See ex- 1 , correct

Synonyms:
4. convoy. 5. conduct, usher, squire, chaperon, take, guide. See accompany.
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es·cort   (ěs'kôrt')   
n.  

    1. One or more persons accompanying another to guide, protect, or show honor.

    2. A man who is the companion of a woman, especially on a social occasion.

    3. A person, often a prostitute, who is hired to spend time with another as a companion.

    4. One or more vehicles accompanying another vehicle to guide, protect, or honor its passengers.

    5. One or more warships or planes used to defend or protect other craft from enemy attack.

    1. One or more vehicles accompanying another vehicle to guide, protect, or honor its passengers.

    2. One or more warships or planes used to defend or protect other craft from enemy attack.

  3. The state of being accompanied by a person or protective guard.

tr.v.   (ĭ-skôrt', ě-skôrt', ěs'kôrt') es·cort·ed, es·cort·ing, es·corts
To accompany as an escort. See Synonyms at accompany.

[French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere, to guide, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin corrigere, to set right; see correct.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

escort  (n.)
1579, from M.Fr. escorte, from It. scorta, lit. "a guiding," from scorgere "to guide," from V.L. *excorrigere, from ex- "out" + corrigere "set right." The military sense is original; that of "person accompanying another to a social occasion" is 1936. The verb is from 1708.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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