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escorting

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

es·cort

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

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Escorting is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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

un·es·cort·ed, adjective
well-es·cort·ed, adjective


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

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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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