3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary
rate. --Burke.
2. Protection, care or safeguard on a journey or excursion;
as to travel under the escort of a friend.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
escort
n 1: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn: {bodyguard}]
2: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to
protect them [syn: {accompaniment}]
3: an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
4: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
[syn: {date}]
v 1: accompany as an escort [syn: {esquire}]
2: accompany or escort: "I'll see you to the door" [syn: {see}]
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