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Escort

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.

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Broader term 13

Accompany 76% connected

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech wi…

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Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Attendant 76% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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Attender 76% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

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Companion 76% connected

One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of,…

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Comrade 76% connected

A mate, companion, or associate.

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Defender 76% connected

One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

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Familiar 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Fellow 76% connected

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

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Guardian 76% connected

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Protector 76% connected

One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Narrower term 8

Beefeater 76% connected

One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

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Convoy 76% connected

To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.

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Guide 76% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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Minder 76% connected

One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.

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Outrider 76% connected

A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.

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Praetorian 76% connected

See Pretorian.

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Usher 76% connected

An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strang…

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Yeoman 76% connected

A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.

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Manner of action 4

Chaperon 76% connected

A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.

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Convoy 76% connected

To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.

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Safeguard 76% connected

One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection.

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Squire 76% connected

A square; a measure; a rule.

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Derivationally related 4

Accompany 74% connected

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech wi…

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Accompany 74% connected

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech wi…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Company 74% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Company 74% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Containing group 4

Appointment 70% connected

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

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Date 70% connected

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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Engagement 70% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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Guard 70% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Synonym 4

Accompaniment 92% connected

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bodyguard 92% connected

A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

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Date 92% connected

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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See 92% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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