| escort | | |
| n. (person) | 1. bodyguard, escort | someone who escorts and protects a prominent person. |
| ~ guard | a military unit serving to protect some place or person. |
| ~ defender, guardian, protector, shielder | a person who cares for persons or property. |
| ~ outrider | an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard). |
| ~ praetorian, praetorian guard | a member of the Praetorian Guard. |
| ~ beefeater, yeoman, yeoman of the guard | officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch. |
| n. (act) | 2. accompaniment, escort | the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them. |
| ~ protection | the activity of protecting someone or something.; "the witnesses demanded police protection" |
| ~ convoy | the act of escorting while in transit. |
| n. (person) | 3. escort | an attendant who is employed to accompany someone. |
| ~ attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. |
| ~ color guard | a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors. |
| ~ guard of honor, honor guard | an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral. |
| ~ minder | someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors.; "I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us" |
| ~ guide, usher | someone employed to conduct others. |
| n. (person) | 4. date, escort | a participant in a date.; "his date never stopped talking" |
| ~ appointment, engagement, date | a meeting arranged in advance.; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" |
| ~ blind date | a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them). |
| ~ companion, comrade, associate, familiar, fellow | a friend who is frequently in the company of another.; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" |
| v. (motion) | 5. escort | accompany as an escort.; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball" |
| ~ accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
| ~ squire | attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire. |
| ~ safeguard | escort safely. |
| ~ convoy | escort in transit.; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific" |
| ~ chaperon, chaperone | accompany as a chaperone. |
| v. (motion) | 6. escort, see | accompany or escort.; "I'll see you to the door" |
| ~ accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
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