Escort
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English
Noun
Escort (plural Escorts)- 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.
- An accompanying person in a social gathering etc.
- Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
- A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent.
Verb
Escort (third-person singular simple present Escorts, present participle Escorting, simple past and past participle Escorted)
- To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used especially with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.
Adjectives for Escort
military; proper; honorary; lounging; insufficient; barbaric.
Verbs for Escort
accept—; attend in—; choose—; command—; desire—; employ—; form—; invite—; require—; serve as—; —abandons; —accommodates; —accompanies; —conducts; —conveys; —deserts; —guides; —lectures; —manages; —nurses; —protects; —serves; ——supervises.
Synonyms for Escort
accompany, attend , guard, lead, convoy, conduct, protect, guide, chaperon, safeguard, usher.
Antonyms for Escort
abandon, leave alone, neglect, desert, maroon.
Thesaurus
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
