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escort

escort

72 4.4
A person who goes with someone to a social event as a companion
  • noun
  • /ˈɛskɔrt/
: acompañante
  • Who's your escort?

And this started when I was a straight male escort back in Australia.

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Examples

  • When she asked what kind of escort I wanted, I said young.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I need an escort.

  • Very nice of you to provide an escort for-- what is it that they call you these days?

  • Who was kind enough to serve as my escort to George's little do?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • I'm an escort.

  • At the gala, she arrived with her charming escort who wore a tuxedo and made her feel special.

  • Having a trusted escort made her feel safe during the event late at night.

  • He was proud to be her escort during the charity ball, ensuring she enjoyed every moment.

Synonyms

date
vsescort
∞ 1.8

A meeting to get to know someone in a romantic way or the person you go with

is specifically the person who accompanies someone to a social event
squire
vsescort
1 8.8

A man who goes with a woman as her polite escort at events

is gender neutral, meaning any person accompanying someone to an event

Compounds

1 8.0

A small military ship that escorts and protects convoys at sea

How Formal

to chaperone
10 5.5
escort
72 4.4
to date
∞ 1.3
friend
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

escort singular
escorts plural

Etymology

Escort comes from old French and Italian words like escorte and scorta that meant 'a person or group who goes with someone'. A helpful way to remember the social meaning is to think of an escort as a 'companion' you take to an event, because the word originally meant someone who accompanies you.