[ˈɛskɔːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection or as a mark of rank
(e.g: a police escort)

- a person who accompanies a woman to a particular social event
(e.g: Louise and her escort were given the best table)

- a person who engages in sexual activity in return for payment, especially one who arranges to meet clients by appointment


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (originally denoting a body of armed men escorting travellers): from French escorte (noun), escorter (verb), from Italian scorta, feminine past participle of scorgere ‘to conduct, guide’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + corrigere ‘set right’ (see correct)

[ɛˈskɔːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- accompany (someone or something) somewhere as an escort
(e.g: he escorted her back to her hotel)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (originally denoting a body of armed men escorting travellers): from French escorte (noun), escorter (verb), from Italian scorta, feminine past participle of scorgere ‘to conduct, guide’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + corrigere ‘set right’ (see correct)