ESCORTS
Noun
escorts
plural of escort
Verb
escorts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escort
Anagrams
• Costers, corsets, costers, recosts, scoters, scrotes, sectors
Source: Wiktionary
ESCORT
Es"cort, n. Etym: [F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide, fr.
scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere
to correct, set right. See Correct.]
1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake
of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as
an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of
persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to
movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.
The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. Burke.
2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to
travel under the escort of a friend.
Es*cort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting.]
Etym: [Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See Escort, n.]
Definition: To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as
safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used
esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort
a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.
Syn.
– To accompany; attend. See Accompany.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition