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Definition of Convoy
Con`voy´ | v. t. | 1. | To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman. | | n. | 1. | The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort. | | 2. | A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort. | | 3. | A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance. | | 4. | Conveyance; means of transportation. | | 5. | A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. |
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bear, bodyguard, bring, carry, cavalier, chaperon, companion, company, conduct, conductor, consort with, defend, duenna, escort, esquire, execute a maneuver, fellow traveler, gentleman-at-arms, guard, guards, guardsman, guide, heave in together, keep in formation, keep pointed, keep station, lead, maintain position, maneuver, marshal, praetorian guard, protect, safe-conduct, safeguard, shepherd, shield, squire, steam in line, swain, take out, usher, wait on, yeoman
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