escort
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- noun
- /ɪˈskɔrt/
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escolta
- Before the concert, the artist requested an escort to ensure her safe arrival through the crowd.
- a police escort
- provide an escort
- a security escort
Of course, like I said, the escorts we had just trained on movement to contact two days prior.
- Of course, like I said, the escorts we had just trained on movement to contact two days prior.
- And even emergency services would not go in without the permission or an escort of the Israeli security forces.
- Now with greater autonomy, they were able to take in donations of money and arms with which to provide escorts for pilgrims.
- The system was that all merchant ships crossing the Atlantic would sail in groups with an escort.
- And he my, my escort, my military advisor.
- But that's usual police officer in the back of the van, the court escort the kitchen in the van and then take shot and done.
- And as the Jeep was coming up towards us, I noticed that the escort I had had run deserted.
Examples
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That particular corporation offers individual vessels that will serve as escorts to prohibit, or to deter, pirate attacks.
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You can't go out there without an escort.
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And even emergency services would not go in without the permission or an escort of the Israeli security forces.
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I'll give you a police escort, and we'll make up time.
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We need a police escort to take Hildy to Union Station.
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"If you would allow me to be your escort tomorrow, I would be honored," Andrew said quietly.
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That's why we got the police escort.
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You're getting a full police escort.
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Convoys and escorts for the merchant ships were the best protection.
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They patrolled and served as escorts with the mail service.
Synonyms
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A person who goes with and protects an important person from danger
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2.8
A person who serves or helps people in a public place
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6.2
A group of people who travel with and help an important person, like assistants and guards
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8.8
A man who goes with a woman as her polite escort at events
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4.4
Going with someone to protect or help them
Being with someone to give them support and comfort
Antonyms
Compounds
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Escort comes from old French and Italian words like escorte and scorta that meant 'a guard' or 'a group that goes with someone for protection'. So an escort is someone or a group who goes with another person to protect or help them.