plural escorts
1
a(1)
: a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection, provide supervision, or as a courtesy
a police escort
Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort.
(2)
: a man who goes with a woman to a social event
(3)
: a person and especially a sex worker who is hired to go with someone to a social event
—often used before another noun
an escort service/agency
b
: a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft
2
: accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (such as a ship)
escorted; escorting; escorts
: to accompany as an escort
Synonyms
Examples of escort in a Sentence
Noun
Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort.
The bombers were protected by a fighter escort.
Everyone was surprised when she arrived at the party without an escort.
Verb
Several fighters escorted the bombers back to base.
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
International journalists are not allowed into Gaza without an IDF escort and movement for ABC News' local journalists there is hazardous.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Officers boarded the plane and escorted both women off the aircraft.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Initially sunk and abandoned after sustaining substantial battle damage, Japanese forces managed to raise the destroyer, repair it, and reenlist it against America as a naval convoy escort.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
International journalists are not allowed into Gaza without an IDF escort and movement for ABC News' local journalists there is hazardous.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
Verb
The production is performed in total darkness, with audience members escorted to their seats in pitch black.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Officers boarded the plane and escorted both women off the aircraft.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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escort
1 of 2 noun
es·cort
ˈes-ˌkȯ(ə)rt 
1
: a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or show courtesy
2
: the man who goes on a date with a woman
3
: a protective screen of vehicles, warships, or planes
motorcycle escort
fighter escort
escort
2 of 2 verb
es·cort
is-ˈkȯ(ə)rt
es-ˈ
es-ˈ
ˈes-ˌ
: to go along with as an escort
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