Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend
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
The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. -Burke.
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
the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them an attendant who is employed to accompany someone accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball
An escort is a person who accompanies another person of the opposite sex to a social event. Sometimes people are paid to be escorts. My sister needed an escort for a company dinner
An individual from any State Party who accompanies the inspectors of another State Party
with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon
{i} person or group of persons who protect or guide; armed guard (of ships, planes, etc.); man who accompanies a woman (on a date, to a dance, etc.)
If you escort someone somewhere, you accompany them there, usually in order to make sure that they leave a place or get to their destination. I escorted him to the door. a middle-sized car made by Ford and sold especially in the UK and Europe
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