Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - escort
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Escort
escort
I. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Italian scorta, from scorgere to guide, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from Latin ex- + corrigere to make straight, correct — more at correct Date: 1579 1. a. (1) a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy (2) the man who goes on a date with a woman b. a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft 2. accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (as a ship) II. transitive verb Date: 1708 to accompany as an ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 one or more persons, vehicles, ships, etc., accompanying a person, vehicle, etc., esp. for protection or security or as a mark of rank or status. 2 a person accompanying a person of the opposite sex socially. --v.tr. act as an escort to. Etymology: F escorte, escorter f. It. scorta fem. past part. of scorgere conduct ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. охрана; эскорт; караул mounted escorts —- конная охрана escort of honour —- почетный караул; почетный эскорт under police escort —- в сопровождении полицейских; под конвоем 2. воен. эскорт, конвой, прикрытие merchant ships under escort —- конвой, конвоируемые торговые суда escort aircraft —- самолет(ы) сопровождения escort destroyer —- конвойный эсминец; сторожевой корабль escort duty —- ам. конвойная служба 3. кавалер, партнер young ladies and their escorts —- девицы со своими кавалерами 4. нанятый кавалер (для сопровождения дам, особенно пожилых) 5. эвф. "спутница" (женщина, нанятая для сопровождения мужчины; часто форма проституции) 6. сопровождать; провожать; эскортировать (почетного гостя) escorted by her husband —- в сопровождении супруга to escort a lady to her home —- проводить даму до дома to escort smb. round the sights of the city —- показывать кому-либо город 7. воен. эскортировать, конвоировать, прикрывать 8. юр. конвоировать (арестованного) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) провожатый 2) охрана, конвой, прикрытие 3) сопровождение, свита; эскорт 2. v. конвоировать; сопровождать, эскортировать (from; to) The teacher was able to escort all the children from the burning school. Anyone who interrupts again will be escorted from the meeting. The teacher escorted the children to safety. Armed guards escorted the criminals to prison. Syn: see accompany ...Англо-русский словарь
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(escorted) 1. An escort is a person who travels with someone in order to protect or guard them. He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine. N-COUNT • If someone is taken somewhere under escort, they are accompanied by guards, either because they have been arrested or because they need to be protected. ...a group being taken under police escort to the city outskirts. PHRASE: PHR after v 2. An escort is a person who accompanies another person of the opposite sex to a social event. Sometimes people are paid to be escorts. My sister needed an escort for a company dinner. N-COUNT 3. If you escort someone somewhere, you accompany them there, usually in order to make sure that they leave a place or get to their destination. I escorted him to the door... VERB: V n prep/adv ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 a person or a group of people or vehicles that go with someone in order to protect or guard them (a motorcycle escort | under escort (=protected or guarded by an escort)) (The suspects arrived under armed escort.) 2 someone, especially a man, who takes someone to a formal social event (Her escort was a handsome young officer.) 3 someone who is paid to go out with someone socially (She works for an escort agency.) ~2 v 1 to go with someone to protect or guard them (The visitors were escorted by marine guards to the airport.) 2 to go with someone and show them a place (escort sb round BrE /around) The Queen was escorted round the factory by two of the managers. ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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