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escort

escort

72 4.4
A person who goes with someone to a social event as a companion
  • noun
  • /ˈɛskɔrt/
translation icon : 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.