Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

escort

/ˈɛs.kɔɹt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: es-cort
IPA: /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.

noun

An accompanying person in such a group.

noun

A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.

noun

A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.

noun

An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.

noun

Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.

noun

A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent; a pimp.

verb

To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
""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.""
""I went home with Hester Paine, last evening, from writing school. Just as she had accepted my escort, Halbert came up, and in a condescending way, informed her that he would see her home.""

Etymology

Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: escorte, scorta

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/
British English: /ˈɛs.kɔːt/

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

escorts (plural) escorts (present, singular) escorting (participle, present) escorted (participle, past) escorted (past)

Derived Forms

escortcel escortless escortee escortment

Phrases

destroyer escort escort agency escort carrier escort service player escort police escort

Synonyms

accompany attend see squire accompaniment bodyguard date

Rhymes With

support court short report sort port sport transport fort resort ct import

Questions

How do you pronounce escort?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/.
What does escort mean?: A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
Where does escort come from?: It is traced to French.

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