- one or more persons, soldiers, vehicles, etc, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
- a man or youth who accompanies a woman or girl
- (transitive) to accompany or attend as an escort
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
es•cort /n. ˈɛskɔrt; v. ɪˈskɔrt/USA pronunciation n.
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [countable] a person or group accompanying another for protection, guidance, or courtesy.
- Military an armed or protective guard, as a body of soldiers or ships:[countable]The convoy had an escort of several destroyers and frigates.
- [countable] a man or woman who accompanies another person to a public event.
- protection or supervision:[uncountable]under police escort.
v. [~ + object]
- to attend or accompany as an escort:I escorted her down the aisle.
es•cort
(n. es′kôrt;v. i skôrt′),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
- a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
- Militaryan armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships:The president traveled with a large escort of motorcycle police.
- a man or boy who accompanies a woman or girl in public, as to a social event.
- protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey:to travel without escort.
v.t.
- to attend or accompany as an escort.
- Vulgar Latin *excorrigere. See ex-1, correct
- Italian scorta, derivative of scorgere to conduct
- French
- 1570–80
- 4. convoy. 5. conduct, usher, squire, chaperon, take, guide. See accompany.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
escort n /ˈɛskɔːt/
'escort' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accompany
- apprehend
- attend
- beau
- bodyguard
- cavalier
- convey
- convoy
- corvette
- frigate
- gallant
- gigolo
- guard
- hypnopompic
- see
- show
- squire
- stag
- take
- take out
- usher
- walk
- walker
- attendant
- blonde
- brigantine
- caballero
- chaperon
- chiaus
- cicisbeo
- color guard
- comitative
- conduct
- converted
- county
- de
- destroyer escort
- duenna
- entourage
- escort carrier
- escort fighter
- esquire
- guide
- harlequin
- jeep carrier
- lead
- mad money
- unescorted
- waft
- wait