1. a group of persons accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
2. an armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships: The president traveled with a large escort of motorcycle police.
3. men who accompany a woman in public, as to a social event.
4. protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey: to travel with escorts.
–verb (used with object)
5. to attend or accompany as escorts.
tr.v. (i-skôrt', e-skôrt', es'kôrt') es·cort·ed, es·cort·ing, es·corts
To accompany as escorts. See Synonyms at accompany:
–verb (used with object)
1. to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.
2. to be or exist in association or company with: Thunder accompanies lightning.
3. to put in company with; cause to be or go along; associate (usually fol. by with): He accompanied his speech with gestures.
4. Music. to play or sing an accompaniment to or for.
–verb (used without object)
5. to provide the musical accompaniment.
[French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere, to guide, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin corrigere, to set right; see correct.]
Escorts may refer to:
Ford Escorts, motor vehicles - Ford Escorts are small family cars manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 to 2003.
Although it was originally a European model, the Escort badge has also been applied to several different designs in North America over the years.
In North America the Ford Escort is a compact car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. The North American Escort adopted both the badge and the general design of a redesigned European model, and the name has been applied to several different designs in North America since its introduction as Ford's first successful world car. The Escort was Ford's first front-wheel-drive car built in North America.
Escort vehicles, vehicles that escorts oversize trucks or large vehicle convoys on highways - An escort vehicle is an automobile used to escort trucks with large loads, convoys of large vehicles, guide motorists through construction sites, and assist aircraft in taxiing from the runway to the tarmac at many airports. In most instances, escort vehicles are provided by companies that specialize in convoy escort, although escort duties are occasionally performed by police vehicles (especially for parades and funeral processions).
Escorts group- An Indian engineering conglomerate manufacturing tractors and auto components
Escort aircraft carriers, small aircraft carriers used in World War II
Warships assigned to protect merchant ships in time of war. For example, Escort destroyers were destroyer modified for and assigned to a fleet escort role in World War II - A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way than merchant ships. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuverable than merchant ships. Unlike a merchant ship, a warship typically only carries weapons, ammunition and supplies for its own crew (rather than merchant cargo). Warships usually belong to a navy, though they have sometimes been operated by individuals or companies.
Escort Fighters, a World War II concept for fighter aircrafts designed to escort bombers
