escort
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noun \ˈes-ˌkȯrt\Definition of ESCORT
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a (1) : a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy (2) : the man who goes on a date with a woman b : a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft
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: accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (as a ship)
See Examples of ESCORT
- Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort.
- The bombers were protected by a fighter escort.
- Everyone was surprised when she arrived at the party without an escort.
Origin of ESCORT
Middle French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere to guide, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from Latin ex- + corrigere to make straight, correct — more at correct
First Known Use: 1579
Rhymes with ESCORT
abort, airport, amort, aport, assort, athwart, backcourt, bellwort, birthwort, bistort, blood sport, Bridgeport, carport, cavort, cohort, colewort, comport, consort, contort, crosscourt, deport, disport, distort, downcourt, effort, exhort, export, extort, fall short, figwort, forecourt, for short, free port, frontcourt, glasswort, Gosport, Gulfport, half-court, homeport, home port, in short, jetport, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, Newport, outport, passport, presort, purport, ragwort, report, re-sort, resort, retort, sandwort, seaport, sell short, Shreveport, spaceport, spearwort, spoilsport, Stockport, support, toothwort, transport
2es·cort
transitive verb \is-ˈkȯrt, es-, ˈes-ˌ\Definition of ESCORT
: to accompany as an escort
Examples of ESCORT
- Several fighters escorted the bombers back to base.
- <a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus>
First Known Use of ESCORT
1708
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