Home › Words › W › wafterwafter/ˈwɒftə(ɹ)/wafter means armed convoy or escort ship.wafter is pronounced /ˈwɒftə(ɹ)/.EtymologyAlteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (“a guard”), from wachten (“to guard”).nounArmed convoy or escort shipAn agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.One who, or that which, wafts.e.g.“Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane.” — 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:A semi-bouyant hookbait designed to waft just above the lakebed.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).