n.
  
/
ˈɛskɔːt/
   
- a person, vehicle, or group accompanying another to provide protection or as a mark of rank.
 - a person who is hired or formally requested to accompany a member of the opposite sex to a social event.
 - euphemistic a prostitute.
 
v.
  
/
ɪˈskɔːt, 
ɛ-/
 accompany as an escort.
 
  Etymology
  C16: from Fr. escorte (n.), escorter (v.), from Ital. scorta, fem. past part. of scorgere ‘to conduct, guide’, based on L. ex- ‘out of’ + corrigere (see correct).