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es·cort       [n. es-kawrt; v. i-skawrt] Pronunciation Key
–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')  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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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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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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