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convoy

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con·voy  (knvoi)
n.
1. The act of accompanying or escorting, especially for protective purposes.
2. An accompanying and protecting force, as of ships or troops.
3. A group, as of ships or motor vehicles, traveling together with a protective escort or for safety or convenience.
tr.v. (knvoi, kn-voi) con·voyed, con·voy·ing, con·voys
To accompany, especially for protection; escort: warships convoying merchant vessels across the Atlantic.

[From Middle English convoyen, to escort, from Old French convoier, variant of conveier; see convey.]

convoy
Noun
a group of vehicles or ships travelling together [Old French convoier to convey]

Convoy a party of ships escorting unarmed vessels; a wedding party or funeral train or cortège; a supply of provisions.
Examples: convoy of friends, 1596; of honour, 1866; of meat and drink, 1691; of rude men, 1681; of mourners, 1523; of mules, 1827; of provisions, 1839; of ships, 1626; of wedding guests.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.convoyconvoy - a procession of land vehicles traveling together
procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"
2.convoy - a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
3.convoy - the act of escorting while in transit
escort, accompaniment - the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
Verb1.convoy - escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"
escort - accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"

convoy

1. A number of merchant ships and/or naval auxiliaries usually escorted by warships and/or aircraft-or a single merchant ship or naval auxiliary under surface escort-assembled and organized for the purpose of passage together.
2. A group of vehicles organized for the purpose of control and orderly movement with or without escort protection that moves over the same route at the same time and under one commander. See also coastal convoy; evacuation convoy; ocean convoy.
Translations
Spanish convoy [ˈkɔnvɔɪ] nconvoy m
French convoy [ˈkɔnvɔɪ] nconvoi m
German convoy [ˈkɔnvɔɪ] nKonvoi m
Italian convoy [ˈkɔnvɔɪ] nconvoglio

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And about the end of 1702 they expected a rich convoy which France was escorting with a fleet of twenty-three vessels, commanded by Admiral Chateau-Renaud, for the ships of the coalition were already beating the Atlantic.
To this rendezvous the company sends annually a convoy of supplies from its establishment on the Atlantic frontier, under the guidance of some experienced partner or officer.
He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon.
 
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