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/ɛskˈɔrt/ /ˈɛskɔrt/ Listen

noun

Escort n.

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."

Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.

verb

Escort v. t. (past & past part. escorted; pres. part. escorting) 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.

Synonyms: To accompany; attend. See Accompany.

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Etymology of 'Escort'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Escort" Quotes from Famous Books

... were thinking that it would be a ticklish—even an embarrassing—business to accompany the Grandmother to the Casino, where, very likely, she would perpetrate further eccentricities, and in public too! Yet on their own initiative they had offered to escort her! ...

— The Gambler • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... to the man, and he drew a low whistle between his teeth. It was well known that Rozelle Daubeni never travelled without an escort; but this man—this man—He was tall and broad, and he carried himself with a supreme contempt for his fellow-men. He did not look at Saltash, did not apparently even see the hushed crowd that hung upon every movement of that ...

— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell

... whole evening in his consulting rooms, totally forgetting his promise to escort his fiancee and ...

— If Only etc. • Francis Clement Philips and Augustus Harris

... any one to look after them. But the wind was fresh, and it was pleasant to be spoken to and noticed by some one on this, the first long journey of her short life; so she thankfully accepted the Captain's invitation, and let him escort her along the deck, and assist her to mount the two steps which led into ...

— A Little Country Girl • Susan Coolidge

... was beautifully done,—Anne proposed we should all write an advertisement for a trusty escort to New York, and post it up on the curtains of the ladies' drawing-room. What fun we had, while we were writing the advertisements! We took an opportunity, when we and our beaux had the drawing-room to ourselves, to vote the gentlemen out of it. ...

— Elinor Wyllys - Vol. I • Susan Fenimore Cooper

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