escort

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Synonyms: escot, escout, escott, escors, scort, esport, rescort

Antonyms: escot, escout, escott, escors, scort, esport, rescort

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Noun

1. A [[group]] of [[people]] or [[vehicle]]s, generally [[armed]], who go with a [[person]] or people of [[importance]] to [[safeguard]] them on a [[journey]] or [[mission]].
2. An accompanying person in such a group.
3. A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.
4. A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.
5. An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
6. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.
7. {{lb|en|originally|euphemistic}} A [[sex worker]] who does not operate in a [[brothel]], but with whom clients make [[appointment]]s; a [[call girl]] or male equivalent; a [[pimp]].

Verb

1. To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a [[safeguard]] (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to.
2. To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).
3. To go with someone as a [[partner]], for example on a formal [[date]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To work as an escort (sex worker).

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