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escort

/ˈɛs.kɔɹt/noun, verb2 syllables

Escort means: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person.

Synonyms for escort7

noun, as in someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

bodyguard

noun, as in the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

accompaniment

noun, as in a participant in a date

verb, as in conduct someone someplace

also used for escort

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What does escort mean?6

noun

1

someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

2

the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

3

a participant in a date“his date never stopped talking”

4

an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

verb

1

conduct someone someplace“I'll see you to the door”

2

accompany as an escort“She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with escort?22

one syllable

courtshortsortportsportfortcttortmortthwartquartsnort

two syllables

three syllables

teleport
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Escort in a sentence

  • This is not a legitimate escort listing, it's a trap by the police.sabretou
  • Everyone knows that an escort service offers more than a good massage.darinmex
  • He had fallen into the error of thinking that this girl was an escort.pinkyshoes
  • Sami phoned an escort service and asked for one of his regular girls.OsoHombre
  • Are you sure it's safe to hire an escort online?sabretou
  • Yanni insisted that security escort him to his car in the parking lot.Amastan
  • We have been instructed to escort you to the airport.Winter
  • The handcuffed man headbutted the officer escorting him to his cell.darinmex

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of escort

as a noun

plural
escorts

as a verb

past tense
escorted
present participle
escorting
third-person singular
escorts
past participle
escorted