# escort

Pronunciation: US say "is-KORT" /ɪsˈkɔɹt/; UK say "is-KAWT" /ɪsˈkɔːt/

## Verb

1. To accompany someone in order to protect them or others, or to attend someone ceremonially as a mark of honor.
   - Simple: To go with someone to protect them or others, or to show them respect.
   - _Police motorcycles escort the president's car from the airport to the hotel._
   - _The groom escorted his mother to her seat before the ceremony began._
4. To go somewhere with someone as their partner, as on a formal date.
   - Simple: To go with someone as their partner, for example to a formal dance.
   - _Her cousin offered to escort her to the prom._
   - _A young officer escorted the ambassador's daughter to the winter ball._
6. To go with someone in order to make them go somewhere, for example out of a building.
   - Simple: To go with someone to make them go somewhere, like out of a building.
   - _Security escorted the protester out of the meeting hall._
   - _Two officers will escort him off the plane when it lands._
11. To work as an escort, that is, as a sex worker who sees clients by appointment.
   - Simple: To work as an escort, a person who is paid for sex.
   - _Some students escort part-time to pay their tuition._
   - _She escorted for three years before opening her own business._

## Noun

Pronunciation: US say "ES-kort" /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/; UK say "ES-kawt" /ˈɛs.kɔːt/

2. A group of people or vehicles, usually armed, that travels with an important person or group to keep them safe on a journey or mission.
   - Simple: A group of guards or vehicles that travels with an important person to keep them safe.
   - _An armed escort of six soldiers rode with the convoy through the mountain pass._
   - _The prince's escort cleared a path through the crowd for his car._
3. One member of a group of guards or vehicles that travels with an important person to keep them safe.
   - Simple: One person in a group that travels with someone important to keep them safe.
   - _Each escort in the detail carried a radio and a sidearm._
   - _Two police escorts on motorcycles rode just ahead of the president's car._
5. A softer word for a sex worker who sees clients by appointment rather than in a brothel; a call girl or her male counterpart.
   - Simple: A polite word for a person who is paid for sex and meets clients by appointment.
   - _Police said the businessman had booked an escort through a website._
   - _Many escorts screen new clients before agreeing to meet them._
7. A person who accompanies someone to a social event or a similar occasion.
   - Simple: A person who goes with someone to a party or other social event.
   - _Each debutante entered the ballroom on the arm of her escort._
   - _Her escort to the gala was her old college roommate._
8. A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, to keep other people safe.
   - Simple: A guard who goes with a dangerous person, like a criminal, to keep others safe.
   - _His escort kept one hand on the prisoner's arm the whole way through the airport._
   - _The suspect was flown back to Texas with two armed escorts._
9. A group of people who accompany someone as a mark of respect or honor.
   - Simple: A group of people who go with someone to show respect or honor.
   - _An escort of veterans walked beside the coffin to the cemetery gates._
   - _The new bishop entered the cathedral with an escort of robed clergy._
10. Protection or care given to someone on a journey or outing by going along with them.
   - Simple: Protection or care for someone on a trip, given by going along with them.
   - _The aid convoy crossed the border under military escort._
   - _Late at night, she was glad to accept a neighbor's escort to the bus stop._

## Origin

Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/escort (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).