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).