escort

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
  2. noun the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
  3. noun an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

Etymology

Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bodyguard

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