Plural of escort

regular plural

The plural of escort is escorts.

Forms of escort

The waves being so high when we and the escorts, which stayed about one quarter mile to each side and ahead of us, were in a trough at the same time and we were unable to see one another.1980, Ernest L. Secrest, chapter 9, in My 1102 Days of W.W. II
Commensurately, by scale, their escorts must either be battleships or cruisers.2019 February 27, Drachinifel [pseudonym], “The Battle of Samar – Odds? What are Those?” (12:25 from the start), in YouTube, archived from…. From the entry fortuitous
But literary escorts are not simply chauffeuses; they are coaches, reconnaissance experts, debriefers, psychologists, comrades in arms.2009 July 19, Joe Queenan, “Escort Service”, in New York Times. From the entry debriefer
Three timberclad gunboats also joined the federal flotilla as escorts for the troop transports.2001, Louis S. Gerteis, Civil War St. Louis, illustrated edition, University Press of Kansas, page 243. From the entry timberclad
A numerous band of men and maidens escorts him by torchlight.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 263. From the entry numerous

noun 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.
noun An accompanying person in such a group.
noun A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.

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