Definition of escort
- n. - A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for
the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some
one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body
of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to
movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.
- n. - Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion;
as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
- n. - To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as
safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp.
with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a
public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.