Escort
/ɛˈskɔːt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts6 letters
Definition of Escort
noun
- A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
- An accompanying person in such a group.
- A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.
- A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.
- An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
verb
- 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
- To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).
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- To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date.
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