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Synonyms for escort

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for escort

something or someone that shows the way

to be with or go with (another)

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Synonyms for escort

the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

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an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

accompany as an escort

accompany or escort

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At the instant when Darnay saw a rush in the eyes of the crowd, which another instant would have brought upon him, the postmaster turned his horse into the yard, the escort rode in close upon his horse's flanks, and the postmaster shut and barred the crazy double gates.
Naturally struck by the disagreeable word, Charles Darnay requested the speaker to take notice that he was a free traveller and French citizen, in charge of an escort which the disturbed state of the country had imposed upon him, and which he had paid for.
He left escort and escorted without saying a word, however, and went into the guard-room; meanwhile, they sat upon their horses outside the gate.
Then he delivered to the escort, drunk and sober, a receipt for the escorted, and requested him to dismount.
The escort and the universal watchfulness had completely isolated him.
The escorted governed his own horse, but a loose line was attached to his bridle, the end of which one of the patriots kept girded round his wrist.
She bade the escort tell her what was going on on the road; and so soon as they were clear of the parao she flung back the curtains and peered out, her veil a third across her face.
Then her mood changed, and she bade one of the escort ask whether the lama would walk alongside and discuss matters of religion.
D'Artagnan took the letter, touched his hat with his hand, turned round upon his heel like a drill-sergeant, and a moment afterward was heard, in his dry and monotonous tone, commanding "Four men and an escort, a carriage and a horse." Five minutes afterward the wheels of the carriage and the horses' shoes were heard resounding on the pavement of the courtyard.
That afternoon as Roger de Conde was admitted to the castle of Richard de Tany, and escorted to a little room where he awaited the coming of the Lady Joan, a swarthy messenger handed a letter to the captain of the King's soldiers camped a few miles south of Tany.
Fentolin himself escorted the inspector into the library and ordered whisky and cigars.
Fentolin escorted the inspector to his dog-cart, shook hands with him, and watched him drive off.
"This was the first front-wheel drive Escort - the MK1, MK2s were all rear-wheel drive like the Cortina and the Fiesta," Paul Nieuwenhuis, independent motor vehicle analyst said.
While there were no changes made to the criteria for approval or to the patient travel policy, it appeared to patient groups that the rules were being enforced far more strictly, leading to more people having their applications for an escort refused.
Escort, a company involed in premium radar and laser detection technology, is launching its new ESCORT Live App for iOS and Android.