escort (9 synonym found)

Sort escort by:    Alphabetically | Length | Random | Definition



website design charlotte.
Definition of escort:

(n) : a body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend
"the troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. -Burke."
(v) : to attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon
History
This word has been
viewed 3,496 times.








Related searches
for escort:


website design charlotte.
Definition of escort:

(n) : a body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend
"the troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. -Burke."
(v) : to attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon

Back to Top