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escort

[n. es-kawrt; v. ih-skawrt]

noun

a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.

an armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships: The president traveled with a large escort of motorcycle police.

a man or boy who accompanies a woman or girl in public, as to a social event.

protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey: to travel without escort.

verb (used with object)

to attend or accompany as an escort.

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Origin:
1570–80; < French < Italian scorta, derivative of scorgere to conduct < Vulgar Latin *excorrigere. See ex-¹, correct

Related forms

un·es·cort·ed, adjective

well-es·cort·ed, adjective

Synonyms
4. convoy. 5. conduct, usher, squire, chaperon, take, guide. See accompany.

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Example Sentences

It may be against the rules to escort patients in a private vehicle or use their credit cards when shopping.

It lets students who have signed up for the service call for a virtual police escort late at night if they're walking home alone.

But on the streets outside the governor's building, uniformed police venture out only under an army escort.

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It may be against the rules to escort patients in a private vehicle or use their credit cards when shopping.

It lets students who have signed up for the service call for a virtual police escort late at night if they're walking home alone.

But on the streets outside the governor's building, uniformed police venture out only under an army escort.

Two guides escort up to eight participants-including beginners-into grizzly territory, searching for scat and tracks.

The other good news is that our liquid nitrogen did arrive today, thanks to two escort cars that made it through the protesters.

From there, any number of private tours will escort guests to the best whale-watching sights.

Scuba divers escort the performers as they enter the pool through the voms, guided by waterproof lighting tracks.

He has also earned himself death threats and a round-the-clock police escort.

And occasionally-as seen in this photograph taken today-she has to escort him outside.

Nonetheless, the transport ship will still presumably need an escort to navigate such perilous waters.

Perhaps singers are recruiting male allies to help find a female and displace the primary escort at her side.

Armed police do sometimes escort groups home for a visit.

They've started projects to accompany women to collect wood-they escort them in the bush-but it's a tiny thing, really.

The piracy means that warships have to escort ships bringing food.

There isn't the whole issue about having to get a media person to escort me.

Suddenly, however, one of the escort vessels turned and headed straight for the submarine.

I'd be more than glad to serve as escort on that excursion along with my friends there.

He had em all scared that they offered to escort people to their cars.

WE were told to not go out without escort for safety.

Police officers said they found the driver incoherent and foaming at the mouth, and the children and their escort terrified.

But, the eccentric outdoorsman said, the motor escort lasted only half the trip.

Each girl is then further accessorized with jewels and a handsome young gentleman escort.

The two-hour forum drew chanting protesters and a police escort for the school board members.

At first glance, the case against four people accused of running an online escort business seemed routine.

They'd ask him to remove the camera-and when he wouldn't, they'd escort him away or even tackle him.

Tugs spend a lot of time idling on standby, then require a short burst of high power to escort freighters and tankers.

In other words, instead of you personally making an appearance on a website, you allow the proxy server to escort you in its name.

Chaperones escort foreign visitors everywhere, lying constantly.

They should also not escort him outside the prison walls.

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World English Dictionary

escort

—n
1.	one or more persons, soldiers, vehicles, etc, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
2.	a man or youth who accompanies a woman or girl: he was her escort for the evening
3.	a. a person, esp a young woman, who may be hired to accompany another for entertainment, etc
	b. (as modifier): an escort agency

—vb
4.	(tr) to accompany or attend as an escort

[C16: from French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere to guide, from Latin corrigere to straighten; see correct]

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Word Origin & History

escort

1570s, from M.Fr. escorte, from It. scorta, lit. "a guiding," from scorgere "to guide," from V.L. *excorrigere, from ex- "out" + corrigere "set right" (see correct). The military sense is original; that of "person accompanying another to a social occasion" is 1936. The verb

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is from 1708. Related: Escorted; escorting.

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