escort

escort
    n 1: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn:
         {bodyguard}, {escort}]
    2: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to
       protect them [syn: {escort}, {accompaniment}]
    3: an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
    4: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
       [syn: {date}, {escort}]
    v 1: accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to
         escort her to the ball"
    2: accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" [syn: {see},
       {escort}]
    

Escort \Es"cort\, n. [F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide,
   fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite
   + corrigere to correct, set right. See {Correct}.]
   1. 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.
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            The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary
            rate.                                 --Burke.
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   2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion;
      as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
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Escort \Es*cort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escorted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Escorting}.] [Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See
   {Escort}, n.]
   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.

   Syn: To accompany; attend. See {Accompany}.
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "escort":
      accompany, attend, attendant, bear, beau, bodyguard, boyfriend,
      bring, carry, cavalier, chaperon, cicerone, companion, company,
      conduct, conductor, consort with, convoy, cortege, date, direct,
      duenna, entourage, esquire, fellow, fellow traveler, gallant,
      gentleman-at-arms, guard, guardian, guards, guardsman, guide, lead,
      leader, marshal, pilot, praetorian guard, protect, protection,
      protector, retinue, route, safe-conduct, safeguard, see, shepherd,
      show, squire, steer, swain, take out, usher, vis-a-vis, wait on,
      watch over, yeoman