escort
noun
1. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
Similar word(s): bodyguard
Definition categories: person, defender, guardian, protector, shielder
2. the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
Similar word(s): accompaniment
Definition categories: act, protection
3. an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
Definition categories: person, attendant, attender, tender
4. a participant in a date
Similar word(s): date
Definition categories: person, associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow
Sentences with escort as a noun:
- The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. -Burke.