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
Synonyms
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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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Your recruiting violations involve laundered money, strip clubs, escorts, luxury SUVs and a booster named Scabby who slithers around sticky towny bars.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
According to his account, he was escorted backstage to greet the Backstreet Boys — among the night’s performing acts — in the group’s dressing room.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Waterman, 22, went missing in 2010 after posting advertisements as an escort on Craigslist.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Your recruiting violations involve laundered money, strip clubs, escorts, luxury SUVs and a booster named Scabby who slithers around sticky towny bars.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
In another clip of a House hearing in 2018, Long drowns out heckling from political activist and Trump supporter Laura Loomer by using his auctioneer voice as she is escorted from the room by security.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
According to his account, he was escorted backstage to greet the Backstreet Boys — among the night’s performing acts — in the group’s dressing room.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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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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