escort

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C,U] a person or group of people or vehicles that travels with sb/sth in order to protect or guard them: Armed escorts are provided for visiting heads of state. * Prisoners are taken to court under police escort. * The convoy had an escort of ten destroyers. * Bomber planes were sent out with fighter escorts. 2 [C] (formal or old-fashioned) a person, especially a man, who takes sb to a particular social event: In my day, young women were not allowed out without a suitable escort. 3 [C] a person, especially a woman, who is paid to go out socially with sb: an escort service / agency verb prep.] to go with sb to protect or guard them or to show them the way: The President arrived, escorted by twelve soldiers. * Guards escorted me back to my cell. * The referee was escorted from the pitch by police. * Let me escort you home.