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   escort

   noun

   • 1. a person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection or as a mark of rank: "a police escort" Similar guardbodyguardprotectorsafeguarddefendercustodianattendantguidechaperoneretaineraideassistantpersonal assistantright-hand manright-hand womanlady in waitingduennaequerrysquireentourageretinuesuitetraincortègeattendant companycaravanprotectiondefenceconvoyminder
   • ▪ a man who accompanies a woman to a particular social event: "Louise and her escort were given the best table" Similar companionpartnerbeauattendantinformal:date
   • ▪ a person who may be hired to accompany someone to a social event: "an escort agency" Similar paid companionhostessmale escortgigologeisha (girl)sing-song girlarchaic:courtesan
   • ▪ a prostitute.

   verb

   • 1. accompany (someone or something) somewhere as an escort: "he escorted her back to her hotel" Similar conductaccompanyguideconvoyleadushershepherdtakedirectsteerguardprotectsafeguarddefendaccompanypartnertakebringcome withgo withtake outgo out with

   Word Origin late 16th century (originally denoting a body of armed men escorting travellers): from French escorte (noun), escorter (verb), from Italian scorta, feminine past participle of scorgere ‘to conduct, guide’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + corrigere ‘set right’ (see correct).

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