Escort
21escort — n. /es kawrt/; v. /i skawrt /, n. 1. a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen. 2. an armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships: The… …
22escort — 1. noun a) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of… …
23escort — a paid heterosexual partner Originally, a body of armed men, whence a person accompanying another. Usually in this sense a female who, on payment of a further fee, reveals herself as a prostitute: One was a persistent escort of Arabs.… …
24escort — 1. noun 1) a police escort Syn: guard, bodyguard, protector, minder, attendant, chaperone; entourage, retinue, cortège; protection, defense, convoy 2) her escort for the evening Syn …
25escort — n 1. chaperon, accompanier, companion; attendant, squire, assistant, aide, aide de camp; usher, guide, pilot, conductor, leader; guardian, shepherd, protector, protectress, matron, tutelary, tutelar, tutor, tutoress, governess, nursemaid, (in… …
26escort — [ˈeskɔːt] noun [C] I 1) a person or a group of people or vehicles that go somewhere with someone in order to protect them or prevent them from escaping He arrived in court under police escort.[/ex] 2) someone, especially a man, who goes with… …
27escort — 1. A combatant unit(s) assigned to accompany and protect another force or convoy. 2. Aircraft assigned to protect other aircraft during a mission. 3. An armed guard that accompanies a convoy, a train, prisoners, etc. 4. An armed guard… …
28escort — I. noun Etymology: Middle French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere to guide, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from Latin ex + corrigere to make straight, correct more at correct Date: 1579 1. a. (1) a person or group of persons… …
29escort — [16] The notion underlying escort is of ‘guidance’, of ‘showing the right path’. The word comes via French from Italian scorta ‘guide’, a noun use of the past participle of scorgere ‘show, guide’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere …
30escort — Aircraft assigned to protect friendly aircraft during a mission. Escorts may or may not accompany the main force. In the former case, they are called tied or close escorts, whereas in the latter they are referred to as free escorts. See also… …
