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Meaning of 'escort' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
- 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.

Meaning of 'escort' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . escort [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a participant in a date
Example in sentence:
  • his date never stopped talking
2 . escort [ v]
Meaning (2):
- accompany or escort
Example in sentence:
  • I'll see you to the door;
  • I'll walk you to your car
Meaning (3):
- accompany as an escort
Example in sentence:
  • She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball

Nearby Words:

escalade escaladed escalading escallop escalloped escalop escaloped escambio escapable escapade

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