Lexic.us

Definition of Escort

1. Noun. Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person.

2. Verb. Accompany as an escort. "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"

3. Noun. The act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them.

4. Verb. Accompany or escort. "I'll see you to the door"

5. Noun. An attendant who is employed to accompany someone.

6. Noun. A participant in a date. "His date never stopped talking"

Definition of Escort

1. n. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.

2. v. t. To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.

Definition of Escort

1. Noun. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea. ¹

2. Noun. An accompanying person in a social gathering etc. ¹

3. Noun. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend. ¹

4. Noun. A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent. ¹

5. Verb. To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used especially with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Escort

1. to accompany [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: accompany

Lexicographical Neighbors of Escort

eschewment eschews eschscholtzia eschynite eschynites escin escitalopram esclandre escocheon escocheons

escolar escolars escorcin escorial escorials escort agencies escort agency escort services escorted escortee

escortees escorting escortless escortment escorts escot escoted escoting

Literary usage of Escort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"For this purpose, each third man was provided with a flambeau, and soon after seven the carriage, attended by the escort, advanced to Windsor. ..."

2. Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee by Bromfield Lewis Ridley (1906)
"DARING DEEDS OF STAFF AND escort. Florence Depot, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is the home of Major Chas. W. Anderson, an interesting character who was a ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... with an escort of about twenty Indians and ized) about 40 panied by two other priests, Frs. Santa Maria and 4 Sandia • 78 soldiers under Francisco ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Colonel Smith, of the One Hundred and Second Illinois, went out with an escort of ten men to inspect the ground where the cannons were about to be planted, ..."

5. Proceedings of the United States Naval Instituteby United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1891)
"The escort is formed opposite the quarters of the deceased ; the band on that flank of the escort toward which it is to march. Upon the appearance of the ..."

6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"For this purpose, each third man was provided with a flambeau, and soon after seven the carriage, attended by the escort, advanced to Windsor. ..."

7. Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee by Bromfield Lewis Ridley (1906)
"DARING DEEDS OF STAFF AND escort. Florence Depot, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is the home of Major Chas. W. Anderson, an interesting character who was a ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... with an escort of about twenty Indians and ized) about 40 panied by two other priests, Frs. Santa Maria and 4 Sandia • 78 soldiers under Francisco ..."

9. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Colonel Smith, of the One Hundred and Second Illinois, went out with an escort of ten men to inspect the ground where the cannons were about to be planted, ..."

10. Proceedings of the United States Naval Instituteby United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1891)
"The escort is formed opposite the quarters of the deceased ; the band on that flank of the escort toward which it is to march. Upon the appearance of the ..."

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