escort
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta.
Inflected forms:
form: escorts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: escorts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: escorting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: escorted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: escorted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The soldier who was pulling at the other end was clumsily unhorsed, and I myself was all but thrown by the unexpected jerk. This ludicrous incident at first provoked mirth among my escort, a mirth which their superstitious minds immediately turned into an ill omen.
Whole squadrons of cavalry escort had sometimes to be sent thundering against a powerful infantry outpost in order that the brief time between the charge and the inevitable retreat might be utilized in sounding a ford or determining the point of intersection of two roads.
There were not many passengers, and the journey was uneventful until the frontier was reached at Padang Besar, although an armed escort of Malay police accompanied the train from Alor Star.
gloss: An accompanying person in such a group.
pos: noun
examples: The waves being so high when we and the escorts, which stayed about one quarter mile to each side and ahead of us, were in a trough at the same time and we were unable to see one another.
gloss: A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.
pos: noun
gloss: A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.
pos: noun
gloss: An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
pos: noun
examples: "He'd come in for something to eat—the red-bearded one. We had quite a chat. I told him we were traveling like Stevenson—with a donkey; but that one of the ladies had an abscess on a tooth and was going home. He said it was no place for women and offered himself as an escort."
gloss: Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.
pos: noun
examples: "I went home with Hester Paine, last evening, from writing school. Just as she had accepted my escort, Halbert came up, and in a condescending way, informed her that he would see her home."
gloss: A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent; a pimp.
pos: noun
examples: Of the 68 women, 26 reported that they had worked on the streets and as an escort over the course of their career as a prostitute, 18 exclusively as a street prostitute, and 8 as an escort only (i.e., working for an escort service).
Every escort has at least one or two regular clients; they are our bread and butter.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
examples: He reported that the police escorted the children five or six blocks beyond Natural Bridge Avenue and at that point stopped the white children who were following and shooed them back to the park.
Lord Lyndsey, ever attentive, escorted his Lady to the carriage
gloss: To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).
pos: verb
examples: At this point, the Tenant became extremely angry.... the Tenant started yelling even louder and charged at me. The Tenant was restrained by the security guard and escorted out of the hearing room. The Tenant was ultimately escorted out of the Board’s office because he continued his yelling and aggressive behaviour in the hallway and at the customer service desk.
Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!
gloss: To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date.
pos: verb
gloss: To work as an escort (sex worker).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: It's ironic to note that her own makeup looked like that of a prospective showgirl who was escorting until her big break came.
Consider why you’re sugaring rather than just escorting. It involves extra emotional work and entanglement with your personal life, having a smaller number of clients who provide more of your income and are harder to end things with, and frequently doesn’t pay as well.
Synonyms: accompany
attend
see
Derived words: destroyer escort
escort agency
escort carrier
escortcel
escortless
escort service
police escort
escortee
escortment
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ötürən
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ötürücü
lang: Azerbaijani
word: müşayiətçi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bələdçi
lang: Bulgarian
word: придружител
roman: pridružitel
lang: Danish
word: ledsager
lang: Erzya
word: ялга
roman: jalga
lang: Esperanto
word: akompananto
lang: Faroese
word: fylgdarmaður
lang: Finnish
word: seuralainen
lang: Galician
word: acompañante
lang: German
word: Begleitperson
lang: Greek
word: συνοδός
roman: synodós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀγωγός
roman: agōgós
lang: Hebrew
word: מלווה
roman: melavé
lang: Hungarian
word: kísérő
lang: Icelandic
word: fylgdarmaður
lang: Icelandic
word: fylgdarsveinn
lang: Ingrian
word: saattaja
lang: Italian
word: scorta
lang: Latin
word: dēductor
lang: Macedonian
word: при́дружник
roman: prídružnik
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ledsager
lang: Polish
word: eskorta
lang: Portuguese
word: acompanhante
lang: Russian
word: провожа́тый
roman: provožátyj
lang: Russian
word: провожа́тая
roman: provožátaja
lang: Slovak
word: sprievod
lang: Spanish
word: acompañante
lang: Swedish
word: ledsagare