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Definition of: escort
(es·kôrt′) v.t.
To accompany; go with, as from courtesy or to protect; conduct; convoy. See synonyms under LEAD. [<n.]
—noun (es′kôrt)
1. A guard accompanying a person or property in transit, for protection, surveillance, as compulsion, or as a mark of respect.
2. Safeguard; protection.
3. A companion at a social affair. [<F escorte <Ital. scorta <scorgere lead <L ex- out + corrigere. See CORRECT.]
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