Escort Meaning
/ˈɛs.kɔɹt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
nounAn accompanying person in such a group.
Sentence Examples
May I escort you home?
He traveled with a large escort.
Are you sure it's safe to hire an escort online?
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The secret service agent served as an ____ for the visiting diplomat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police provided an ____ for the ambulance as it rushed to the hospital.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The soldier who was pulling at the other end was clumsily unhorsed, and I myself was all but thrown by the unexpected jerk. This ludicrous incident at first provoked mirth among my escort, a mirth which their superstitious minds immediately turned into an ill omen."
— 1898, Arnold Henry Savage Landor, chapter LXXXIII, in In the Forbidden Land:
"Whole squadrons of cavalry escort had sometimes to be sent thundering against a powerful infantry outpost in order that the brief time between the charge and the inevitable retreat might be utilized in sounding a ford or determining the point of intersection of two roads."
— 1883, Ambrose Bierce, George Thurston:
"There were not many passengers, and the journey was uneventful until the frontier was reached at Padang Besar, although an armed escort of Malay police accompanied the train from Alor Star."
— 1955 April, “Notes and News: A Journey through Thailand”, in Railway Magazine, page 286:
"The waves being so high when we and the escorts, which stayed about one quarter mile to each side and ahead of us, were in a trough at the same time and we were unable to see one another."
— 1980, Ernest L. Secrest, chapter 9, in My 1102 Days of W.W. II:
""He'd come in for something to eat—the red-bearded one. We had quite a chat. I told him we were traveling like Stevenson—with a donkey; but that one of the ladies had an abscess on a tooth and was going home. He said it was no place for women and offered himself as an escort.""
— 1921, Mary Roberts Rinehart, chapter 5, in More Tish:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The secret service agent served as an ____ for the visiting diplomat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police provided an ____ for the ambulance as it rushed to the hospital.