plural escorts
1
a(1)
: a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection, provide supervision, or as a courtesy
a police escort
Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort.
(2)
: a man who goes with a woman to a social event
(3)
: a person and especially a sex worker who is hired to go with someone to a social event
—often used before another noun
an escort service/agency
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
2
: accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (such as a ship)
escorted; escorting; escorts
: to accompany as an escort
Examples of escort in a Sentence
Noun
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.
Verb
Several fighters escorted the bombers back to base.
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Mackinac Bridge officials recorded the highest wind gust Monday morning, 49 mph, prompting an advisory and escorts across the span for vulnerable vehicles like motorcycles, pickup trucks with campers and other high-profile vehicles.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
The student also threatened to kill the teacher, the teacher said, and a school administrator involved with trying to escort the student to the van posed the idea of restraining the student.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The 48th escort task group, consisting of the destroyer CNS Tangshan, the frigate CNS Daqing and the supply ship CNS Taihu, departed from Qingdao, China, on October 11.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Mackinac Bridge officials recorded the highest wind gust Monday morning, 49 mph, prompting an advisory and escorts across the span for vulnerable vehicles like motorcycles, pickup trucks with campers and other high-profile vehicles.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in protest, with some streaming inside the department store as others were escorted out by security guards.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
The student also threatened to kill the teacher, the teacher said, and a school administrator involved with trying to escort the student to the van posed the idea of restraining the student.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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escort
1 of 2 noun
es·cort
ˈes-ˌkȯ(ə)rt 
1
: a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or show courtesy
2
: the man who goes on a date with a woman
3
: a protective screen of vehicles, warships, or planes
motorcycle escort
fighter escort
escort
2 of 2 verb
es·cort
is-ˈkȯ(ə)rt
es-ˈ
es-ˈ
ˈes-ˌ
: to go along with as an escort
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