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con·voy
I. \ˈkänˌvȯi, kənˈv-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English convoyen, from Middle French convoier, conveier — more at convey
1.
a. : accompany, escort
< convoy him out across the terrace — D.C.Peattie >
: guide, conduct
b. : to accompany or escort for protection
< he is … convoyed by Secret Service agents — Newsweek >
specifically : to provide protective escort for (as a group of merchant ships)
< tankers convoyed by destroyers and aircraft >
2. obsolete : carry, convey
II. \ˈkänˌvȯi\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French convoi, from convoier
1. : one that convoys, escorts, or accompanies: as
a. : a funeral train
b. : a protective force (as of troops or warships) escorting ships, persons, or goods moving by sea or land : escort
< a Dutch man-of-war of forty guns, which was convoy to the … fleet — Richard Steele >
c. : conductor, guide
< Oh be some god his convoy to our shore — Alexander Pope >
2. : the act of convoying, accompanying, or escorting especially for protection
< they vanished quietly upstairs in convoy of the manager's wife — Arnold Bennett >
< to obtain the convoy of a man-of-war — T.B.Macaulay >
3. : an individual or group that is convoyed or a group organized for convenience or protection in moving: as
a. : a train of vehicles transporting goods under armed escort : a group of persons or vehicles traveling under escort
b. : a body of merchant ships sailing under the protection of an armed escort
< each convoy escorted by seven warships >
c. : a body of persons or vehicles organized into a unit for the purpose of orderly or efficient movement
< a storm was raging … and cars had to fight their way through in convoy — G.R.Stewart > |