escort

escort
n
1. chaperon, accompanier, companion; attendant, squire, assistant, aide, aide-de-camp; usher, guide, pilot, conductor, leader; guardian, shepherd, protector, protectress, matron, tutelary, tutelar, tutor, tutoress, governess, nursemaid, (in Spain and Portugal) duenna.
2. entourage, retinue, cortege, train, suite, company; bodyguard, armed guard, convoy, contingent, Navy. escort carrier, Mil. escort fighter.
3. date, partner, cavalier, beau, boyfriend, sweetheart, Inf. steady.
4. protection, defense, security, bulwark, shield, screen, cover, shelter, refuge, safety, safeguard; guidance, tutelage, custody, keeping, care.
v
5. chaperon, matronize, accompany, companion; attend, squire, esquire, wait upon, assist, aid; usher, conduct, pilot, steer, guide, lead, direct.
6. convoy, guard, watch over, shepherd, keep an eye on, look after; protect, screen, shelter, flank, be by one's side; defend, back up, support, go or be behind.
7. date, take out, Inf. go with, Inf. go steady with

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  • Escort — may refer to: *Ford Escort (European), a motor vehicle *Ford Escort (North American), a motor vehicle *Escort vehicle, a vehicle that escorts oversize trucks or large vehicle convoys on highways *Escort, a 16 piece disco band based in Brooklyn,… …   Wikipedia

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • escort — [es′kôrt΄; ] for v. [ i skort′] n. [Fr escorte < It scorta < scorgere, to perceive, lead < LL * excorrigere < L ex , out + corrigere, to set right, CORRECT] 1. one or more persons (or cars, ships, airplanes, etc.) accompanying another …   English World dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Escort — bezeichnet: einen britischen Zerstörer der E Klasse im Zweiten Weltkriegs, siehe HMS Escort (H66) einen Pkw der Mittelklasse von Ford, siehe Ford Escort ein Callgirl oder einen Callboy, siehe männliche Prostitution sowie Begleitagentur ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • escort — [n] protection; accompaniment alarm clock*, attendant, beau, bird dog*, bodyguard, cavalier, chaperon, companion, company, consort, convoy, convoyer, cortege, date, entourage, fellow, friend, gallant, guard, guide, partner, protector, retinue,… …   New thesaurus

  • escort — ► NOUN 1) a person, vehicle, or group accompanying another to provide protection or as a mark of rank. 2) a person who accompanies a member of the opposite sex to a social event. ► VERB ▪ accompany as an escort. ORIGIN French escorte, from… …   English terms dictionary

  • escort — index consort, guardian, protect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • escort — (n.) 1570s, in military sense, from M.Fr. escorte (16c.), from It. scorta, lit. a guiding, from scorgere to guide, from V.L. *excorrigere, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + corrigere set right (see CORRECT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • escort — vb conduct, convoy, chaperon, *accompany, attend Analogous words: protect, shield, guard, safeguard, *defend: lead, *guide, pilot, steer …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • escort — is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun and on the second as a verb …   Modern English usage

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