escort

noun

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es·cort | \ ˈe-ˌskȯrt

Definition of escort

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a(1) : a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy

(2) : a man who goes with a woman to a social event

(3) : a woman or a man 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)

escort

verb

es·cort | \ i-ˈskȯrt

, e-, ˈe-ˌskȯrt

escorted; escorting; escorts

Definition of escort (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to accompany as an escort

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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

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The officer arrived at the hospital via transport by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service with a three-car police escort. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2021 The officer was taken to UAB Hospital’s emergency room by ambulance and with a large police escort from police officers from multiple agencies including Birmingham, Fultondale and Brookside police. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 30 Nov. 2021 Just last week, Western Brown held a pep rally for the team complete with a police escort. — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 19 Nov. 2021 Yousef said Issa's team arranged a time for his family to go to the airport with an escort from U.S. authorities. — Julie Watson, ajc, 3 Sep. 2021 For many Native American residents of San Juan County who were born before 1970, their first trip to elementary school was made with a police escort and some weren’t able to to see their families again for months or even years. — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2021 Days later, Pentland and his family packed up and left, with a police escort, after Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated outside into the night Wednesday. — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2021 But as the protest was winding down, a truck started following the demonstrators, who were marching on the highway with a police escort following behind. — Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021 An intimate evening between a film director and an escort is disrupted when a familiar face arrives. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Dec. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The intruder was in the museum’s nearly empty main lobby when a maintenance worker noticed him and helped security escort him outside. — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022 Dustin Clark, a father of four children in public schools, raised his voice in protest and Weir directed school board police to escort him out. — Tyler O'neil, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2021 Anybody else gets a pick, everyone takes off and tries to escort him to the end zone. — Evan Dudley, al, 10 Oct. 2021 To add insult to injury, a burly security guard is called to escort you out the door, giving you barely enough time to pack all of your belongings in a sad-looking cardboard box. — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021 The crowd also jeered at pro-mask protesters outside the August meeting, and Bel Air police officers had to escort them to their cars. — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2021 The suspect initially refused to exit the car and the officer had to escort him out of it. — cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021 After a particularly contentious meeting on masks in a school gym, McKenney, the Kansas health officer, was surprised when the sheriff’s department offered to escort her, concerned for her safety. — Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022 During college, a trespassing incident baroquely escalated into a local street gang targeting her for rape and murder, requiring a police officer to escort her to campus. — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021

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