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escort

Main Entry:: ¹es·cort
Pronunciation:: \ˈes-ˌkȯrt\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle French escorte, 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 craft2: accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (as a ship)

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