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escort

/ɛˈskɔːt/
noun
  1. A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.

  2. An accompanying person in such a group.

  3. A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.

verb
  1. To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to

  2. To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).

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  3. To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date.

Synonymssquire, accompany, attend

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