escort

(noun, verb)

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.

verb

1. accompany as an escort

- She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball

Definition categories: motion, accompany

2. accompany or escort

Similar word(s): see

Definition categories: motion, accompany