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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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The judge cited testimony from another former girlfriend, Jane, who said Combs later assaulted her and coerced her into oral sex with an escort.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Following the internal investigation, Del Río was fired and escorted off the lot, the same day that the alleged assault was reported.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The problem was, with technology still being in its infancy, the Forever creator and her husband, Salim Akil, had to lead her — police escort style — in the right direction.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The judge cited testimony from another former girlfriend, Jane, who said Combs later assaulted her and coerced her into oral sex with an escort.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
He was escorted to the suite shortly before kickoff and left through the press box just as the game ended.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Following the internal investigation, Del Río was fired and escorted off the lot, the same day that the alleged assault was reported.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 13 Oct. 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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