Meaning
ES'CORT, n. A guard; a body of armed men which attends an officer, or baggage; provisions or munitions conveyed by land from place to place,to protect them from an enemy, or in general, for security. [This word is rarely, and never properly used for naval protection or protectors; the latter we call a convoy. I have found it applied to naval protection, but it is unusual.]
ESCORT', v.t. To attend and guard on a journey by land; to attend and guard any thing conveyed by land. General Washington arrived at Boston, escorted by a detachment of dragoons. The guards escorted Lord Wellington to London.
