transitive. Of a man: To attend (a lady) as, or after the manner of, a squire; to accompany, conduct… With adverbs and prepositions.

transitive. To escort (a person, esp. a woman). Obsolete.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. transitive. spec. To escort (a woman) as a mark of courtesy or respect; to escort or show in (a guest). Now rare.

transitive. To attend (a lady) as a ‘squire’.

transitive. To act the beau to, to attend or escort (a lady).

transitive. To act as cavalier or escort to (a lady).