escort
noun
• a person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection or as a mark of rank.
• "a police escort"
Similar:
guard,
bodyguard,
protector,
safeguard,
defender,
custodian,
attendant,
guide,
chaperone,
retainer,
aide,
assistant,
personal assistant,
right-hand man,
right-hand woman,
lady in waiting,
duenna,
equerry,
squire,
entourage,
retinue,
suite,
train,
cortège,
attendant company,
caravan,
protection,
defence,
convoy,
minder,
escort
verb
• accompany (someone or something) somewhere as an escort.
• "he escorted her back to her hotel"
Similar:
conduct,
accompany,
guide,
convoy,
lead,
usher,
shepherd,
take,
direct,
steer,
guard,
protect,
safeguard,
defend,
partner,
bring,
come with,
go with,
take out,
go out with,
Origin:
late 16th century (originally denoting a body of armed men escorting travellers): from French escorte (noun), escorter (verb), from Italian scorta, feminine past participle of scorgere ‘to conduct, guide’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + corrigere ‘set right’ (see correct).
