ESCORT
\ˈɛskɔːt], \ˈɛskɔːt], \ˈɛ_s_k_ɔː_t]\
Definitions of ESCORT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
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accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To accompany and guard; conduct; convoy.
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A guard accompanying a person or property in transit; an attendant; safeguard; protection.
By James Champlin Fernald