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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/

Definition 1:
• 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.

Definition 2:
• An accompanying person in such a group.

Definition 3:
• A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.

Definition 4:
• A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.

Definition 5:
• An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.

Definition 6:
• Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.

Definition 7:
• 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
Pronunciation: /ɪsˈkɔɹt/

Definition 1:
• 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.

Definition 2:
• To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).

Definition 3:
• To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date.

Definition 4:
• To work as an escort (sex worker).
Labels: intransitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escort