escort

I UK [ˈeskɔː(r)t] / US [ˈesˌkɔrt] noun [countable]
Word forms "escort":
singular escort plural escorts

1) a person or a group of people, vehicles, ships etc that go somewhere with another person, vehicle, ship etc in order to protect them or to prevent them from escaping

You should not visit the area without an escort.

2)

a) someone, especially a man, who goes with another person to a formal social event as their partner

b) someone who is paid to go out socially with another person. Escort is sometimes used as a polite way of referring to a prostitute.

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- under escort

II UK [ɪˈskɔː(r)t] / US [ɪˈskɔrt] verb [transitive]
Word forms "escort":
present tense I/you/we/they escort he/she/it escorts present participle escorting past tense escorted past participle escorted

1) to go somewhere with a person, vehicle, ship etc in order to protect them or to prevent them from escaping

Her bodyguards escorted her through the airport.

a battleship escorted by several smaller vessels

2) to go somewhere with someone in order to be certain that they arrive at the right place

She escorted him to the front door.

3) to go with someone to a formal social event as their partner

Denise was escorted by her uncle.