1. Accompany as an escort
   "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"
    
2. Conduct someone someplace
   "I'll escort you to the door";
   - see

1. A person or vehicle (or group of them) that accompanies an important person to protect them or as a mark of rank; a similar arrangement for transporting a criminal or dangerous goods to protect from attack or escape
   "The diplomat travelled with a police escort"
    
2. Someone who accompanies and protects a prominent or important person
   "The diplomat travelled with an armed escort";
   - bodyguard, minder [informal]
    
3. An attendant who is employed to accompany someone
   "The celebrity hired an escort for protection during the event"
    
4. A participant in a date
   "his escort never stopped talking";
   - date
    
5. The act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
   "The celebrity required a police escort due to security concerns";
   - accompaniment

Derived forms: escorted, escorting, escorts

Type of: accompany, associate, attendant, attender, companion, comrade, defender, familiar, fellow, guardian, protection, protector, shielder, tender, yokefellow [N. Amer]

Part of: appointment, appt [informal], date, engagement, guard

Encyclopedia: Escort