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noun

ˈe-ˌskȯrt How to pronounce escort (audio)
Definition of escortnext
as in guide
one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy the mayor served as the First Lady's escort for her tour of the city

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verb

i-ˈskȯrt How to pronounce escort (audio)
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus

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Recent Examples of escort
Noun
But Reddit users speculated why a fleet of them was headed to downtown San Jose with a police escort. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 Her stepmother is better known as Ashley Dupré, the escort wrapped up in the middle of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. — Peter White, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
Officers shoved one man out of the council chambers, handcuffed him and escorted him away from the meeting, and he was issued a summons to court, according to deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office. — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 Davis described the concern among the students as Bush was escorted out of the room, once the reading lesson concluded. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for escort
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escort
  1. guide
  2. accompany
  3. guard
  4. attendant
  5. companion
Noun
  • Then be sure to read our roundups of the best telescope deals, along with our beginner's guide to observing the night sky with a manual telescope.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • When Kyl returned to the halls of Congress in 2018, he was known as Kavanaugh's chief sherpa -- an informal but widely known term for a nominee's guide to the political tundra in the Senate.
    — JACQUES BILLEAUD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of guide
Verb
  • Families Belden House & Mews and its accompanying restaurant, welcome children ages 12+.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • These surrogates, mostly in their 20s and 30s, provide companionship rather than specialized medical care, visiting, chatting, helping clients set up smartphones or accompanying them to medical appointments.
    — HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompany
Noun
  • The right-side combo of tackle JC Latham and rookie camp surprise Fernando Carmona at guard are particularly intriguing as a run-blocking combo.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Rookie Jake Slaughter moves to that critical spot, and although the second-round pick played that position in college, the Chargers were hoping to start him at guard.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of guard
Noun
  • Flight attendant had the heart of a child Alicia Nicole Titus, 28, whose parents live in Dexter, was a positive, peace-loving, let's-make-the-world-a-better-place kind of person.
    — Sheryl Lee, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Judy impulsively led a hundred disabled people into this federal building, many of whom went in without their attendants or their caregivers and then had to figure out how to survive in this building over this 30 days.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of attendant
Noun
  • Alongside his companions John and Lasse, Freddy took in the Iowa-Iowa State college football game on Saturday night and fit right in.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The animal is at once Ploughman’s companion, source of heat, and fellow laborer.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of companion

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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escort. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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