noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈɛs.kɔɹt/
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɛs.kɔːt/
General-American:/ɪsˈkɔɹt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɪsˈkɔːt/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
CMU ARPABET:EH0 S K AO1 R T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:EH1 S K AO0 R T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 2
An accompanying person in such a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.
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noun
Meaning 5
An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent; a pimp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 9
To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 10
To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date.
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verb
Meaning 11
To work as an escort (sex worker).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 12
the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: accompaniment
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Broader terms: protection
Narrower terms: convoy
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noun
Meaning 13
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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