Escort

Definition of Escort

Es`cort´

n.	1.	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 respect or honor; - applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea. The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. - Burke.
	2.	Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
v. t.	1.	To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; - used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon. [imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting.]

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z