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Webster 1913 Edition

Escort

Es′cort

,
Noun.
[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
.
Syn. – To accompany; attend. See
Accompany
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Escort

ES'CORT

,
Noun.
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.]

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