'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]
Synonyms of 'escort'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompany,
- attend,
- attendant,
- bear,
- beau,
- bodyguard,
- boyfriend,
- bring,
- carry,
- cavalier,
- chaperon,
- cicerone,
- companion,
- company,
- conduct,
- conductor,
- consort with,
- convoy,
- cortege,
- date,
- direct,
- duenna,
- entourage,
- esquire,
- fellow,
- fellow traveler,
- gallant,
- gentleman-at-arms,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guards,
- guardsman,
- guide,
- lead,
- leader,
- marshal,
- pilot,
- praetorian guard,
- protect,
- protection,
- protector,
- retinue,
- route,
- safe-conduct,
- safeguard,
- see,
- shepherd,
- show,
- squire,
- steer,
- swain,
- take out,
- usher,
- vis-a-vis,
- wait on,
- watch over,
- yeoman