Topic: OCCUPATIONS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | escorte, from Italian scorgere 'to guide', from Latin corrigere; CORRECT1 |
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es‧cort2
[countable]
[countable]1 a person or a group of people or vehicles that go with someone in order to protect or guard them :
2 someone who goes with someone to a formal social event
3BO someone who is paid to go out with someone socially : an escort agency
an escort agency4 American English a prostitute, especially one who goes to social events or on trips with the person who pays them
