Hyphenation of escort

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word escort? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of escort:

1.	Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
2.	The act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
3.	An attendant who is employed to accompany someone
4.	A participant in a date His date never stopped talking
5.	Accompany as an escort She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball
6.	Accompany or escort I'll see you to the door

Synonyms of escort:

noun	bodyguard, defender, guardian, protector, shielder
noun	accompaniment, protection
noun	attendant, attender, tender
noun	date, companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
verb	accompany
verb	see, accompany

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.