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
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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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The couple required a police escort to help them through the terminal.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Try to encourage the bird to perch atop a broom or other tall pole and escort it toward an open door.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Denny Hamlin has opened up about a road rage incident following the Homestead-Miami NASCAR Cup Series race, where a car from Richard Childress Racing (RCR) swerved into a Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) vehicle after JGR lost its police escort.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The couple required a police escort to help them through the terminal.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
In one of the videos, a man, who identified himself as a veteran, loudly confronted Edwards before being escorted out of the town hall by officers.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Try to encourage the bird to perch atop a broom or other tall pole and escort it toward an open door.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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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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