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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Curt Devine, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
Al-Baba said the person had no leadership role within Syria's internal security forces and was not serving as an escort to leadership at the time of the attack.
—Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Police body camera footage from earlier in the year was also shown in court of a man believed to be Mario Green arguing with the victim before being escorted out of the hospital.
—Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Erickson was training with the Caisson Detachment of the US Army’s 3d US Infantry Regiment, the staff member said – a unit that provides escorts for military and state funerals.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
Al-Baba said the person had no leadership role within Syria's internal security forces and was not serving as an escort to leadership at the time of the attack.
—Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
Verb
After getting through all the red tape, the organization asked the God Bless America Motorcycle Color Guard to escort Jasmine to Stormy’s home in Pennsylvania.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Police body camera footage from earlier in the year was also shown in court of a man believed to be Mario Green arguing with the victim before being escorted out of the hospital.
—Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 20 Dec. 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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