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es·cort
[n. es-kawrt; v. i-skawrt] Pronunciation Key
[n. es-kawrt; v. i-skawrt] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 5. | to attend or accompany as an escort. |
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| es·cort
(ěs'kôrt') Pronunciation Key
n.
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.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
escort (n.)
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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| escort | |
noun | |
| 1. | someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn: bodyguard] |
| 2. | the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them |
| 3. | an attendant who is employed to accompany someone |
| 4. | a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date] |
verb | |
| 1. | accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball" |
| 2. | accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" [syn: see] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Escort
Es"cort\, n. [F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide, fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere to correct, set right. See Correct.]1. 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. The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. --Burke. 2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Escort
Es*cort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting.] [Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See Escort, n.] 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. Syn: To accompany; attend. See Accompany.
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