Escort
Pronunciation
Origin
French escorte, Italian scorta a guard or guide, from scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, from Latin ex out, quite + corrigere to correct, set right. See correct.
Full definition of escort
Noun
escort
(plural escorts)- A group of people, especially armed people, who go with a person of distinction for the sake of providing safety to them when on a journey;The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. -Burke.
- An accompanying person in such group
- A guard who travels with a dangerous person, for example a criminal, for the protection of others
- A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor
- An accompanying person in a social gathering etc.
- Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
- A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent.
Verb
- To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to
- 2009, Allen D. Grimshaw, A Social History of Racial ViolenceHe reported that the police escorted the children five or six blocks beyond Natural Bridge Avenue and at that point stopped the white children who were following and shooed them back to the park.
- 1837, Mrs Chadwick, Novels of NatureLord Lyndsey, ever attentive, escorted his Lady to the carriage
- To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date.