escort
Other forms: escorted; escorting; escorts
When you go somewhere, whether it's for fun or business, it's always nice to have an escort — someone to go along with you. Some escorts are there to protect you, some just to share a good time.
The word escort can be a noun or a verb — "your escort escorts you." This word is derived from the Latin excorrigere, "to set out," and moved through the Italian scorgere, meaning "to guide." In the 1570s it took on a military tone as escorte, used to describe armed protectors for travelers. In the 19th century it came to mean "accompanying a person on social occasions," although we still refer to military escorts today.
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the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect themsynonyms: accompanimenttypes:convoythe act of escorting while in transittype of:protectionthe activity of protecting someone or something
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an attendant who is employed to accompany someonetypes:color guarda ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colorsguard of honor, honor guardan escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeralmindersomeone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitorsusherettea female usher
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someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
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a participant in a date
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