escort
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(noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them |
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Synonyms: accompaniment |
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Related Words: convoy, guarding, protecting, protection |
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2. |
(verb) accompany as an escort |
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Synonyms: esquire |
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Related Words: accompany, chaperon, chaperone, convoy, safeguard, squire |
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(noun) an attendant who is employed to accompany someone |
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Related Words: attendant, color guard, guard of honor, guide, honor guard, usher |
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(verb) accompany or escort: "I'll see you to the door" |
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Synonyms: see |
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Related Words: accompany |
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(noun) someone who escorts and protects a prominent person |
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Synonyms: bodyguard |
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Related Words: Praetorian Guard, beefeater, defender, guardian, protector, yeoman, yeoman of the guard |
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(noun) a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" |
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Synonyms: date |
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Related Words: associate, blind date, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow |
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