destroyer escort

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   warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys

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Questions about destroyer escort

What does destroyer escort mean?

destroyer escort means "warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys".

Is destroyer escort a common word?

destroyer escort is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.