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escort - an attendant who is employed to accompany someone |
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attendant,
attender,
tender a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
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color guard a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors
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guard of honor,
honor guard an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral
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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"
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guide,
usher a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
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escort - the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them |
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accompaniment |
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protection payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
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convoy the act of escorting while in transit
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escort - accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball" |
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accompany go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
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squire attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
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safeguard make safe
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convoy escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"
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chaperon,
chaperone accompany as a chaperone
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