plural escorts
1
a(1)
: a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection, provide supervision, or as a courtesy
a police escort
Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort.
(2)
: a man who goes with a woman to a social event
(3)
: a person and especially a sex worker who is hired to go with someone to a social event
—often used before another noun
an escort service/agency
b
: a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft
2
: accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (such as a ship)
escorted; escorting; escorts
: to accompany as an escort
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Examples of escort in a Sentence
Noun
Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort.
The bombers were protected by a fighter escort.
Everyone was surprised when she arrived at the party without an escort.
Verb
Several fighters escorted the bombers back to base.
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Back on the bus, a police escort led the Quaker State buses out of Atlanta Motor Speedway and arrived at the Trilith Guesthouse long before many of the race fans had made it to their cars in the parking lot.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Bridges and her mother had to be escorted by federal marshals under the loud jeers of segregationists who protested her pursuit of a basic education.
—NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Many senators will choose their fellow home state senator as an escort but this is not required -- some choose friends or mentors.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Back on the bus, a police escort led the Quaker State buses out of Atlanta Motor Speedway and arrived at the Trilith Guesthouse long before many of the race fans had made it to their cars in the parking lot.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
Second-lines are permitted and escorted by the NOPD, and since a mass shooting in November, have usually also had drone support to monitor the crowds.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Bridges and her mother had to be escorted by federal marshals under the loud jeers of segregationists who protested her pursuit of a basic education.
—NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escort. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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escort
1 of 2 noun
es·cort
ˈes-ˌkȯ(ə)rt 
1
: a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or show courtesy
2
: the man who goes on a date with a woman
3
: a protective screen of vehicles, warships, or planes
motorcycle escort
fighter escort
escort
2 of 2 verb
es·cort
is-ˈkȯ(ə)rt
es-ˈ
es-ˈ
ˈes-ˌ
: to go along with as an escort
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