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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Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
With the Ambassador Assist program, travelers can book either a curb-to-gate escort, which will bring them directly to their departure gate or an airport lounge or restaurant, or a curb-to-Clear escort, which drops them off at airport security.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Surveillance video showed police escorted him out of the area on a trespass warning, the news station reported.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The accompanying adult must remain at the gate until the child has boarded; an escort with the airline will help the children to the gate for connecting flights, if any, and to the adult meeting them at their destination.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
With the Ambassador Assist program, travelers can book either a curb-to-gate escort, which will bring them directly to their departure gate or an airport lounge or restaurant, or a curb-to-Clear escort, which drops them off at airport security.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Officials escort Alan Miller from jail in Pelham, Ala., on Aug. 5, 1999.Dave Martin / AP file
In both cases, Alabama initially tried to execute the men by lethal injection, but the attempts were abandoned when prison staff members could not successfully establish intravenous lines.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Surveillance video showed police escorted him out of the area on a trespass warning, the news station reported.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 1 Dec. 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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