convoy

From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”), from Latin com- (“together”) + via (“way”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/

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convoy (plural convoys)

1. (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
2. A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
3. The act of convoying; protection.

• convey

convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)

1. (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.

   A frigate convoys a merchantman.

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     I know ye skilful to convoy / The total freight of hope and joy.

• convoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• convoy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• convoy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Borrowed from English convoy, itself from French convoi.

• IPA^(key): /komˈboi/, [kõmˈboi̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯

convoy m (plural convoyes)

1. convoy

• “convoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.