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The only job where 'companionship' is the product and everyone pretends it's the whole product.
means A person who accompanies someone, officially for protection, guidance, or social appearance — a role that ranges from military convoy to paid date.
from From French escorte, borrowed from Italian scorta, meaning 'a guiding or guarding,' itself from scorgere, 'to guide, perceive, discern' — tracing back to Latin corrigere, 'to set right, correct.' The word arrived in the 1500s tied to military convoys guarding travelers or goods, and only later drifted into its social sense of accompanying someone for appearance's sake.
- legal status
- legal in most of the world, illegal mainly in the US
- euphemism tier
- ranks above streetwalker, below 'lifestyle consultant'
- etymology
- from old french escorte, meaning guide or protect
- industry size
- multi-billion dollar trade, taxed nowhere consistently