'Escort' definitions:

Definition of 'escort'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn: bodyguard, escort]
noun
The act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them [syn: escort, accompaniment]
noun
An attendant who is employed to accompany someone
noun
A participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort]
verb
Accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"
verb
Accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" [syn: see, escort]

Definition of 'Escort'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Escort'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend. [1913 Webster]

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