chaperone
or chap·er·on
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
any adult present in order to maintain order or propriety at an activity of young people, as at a school dance.
a round headdress of stuffed cloth with wide cloth streamers that fall from the crown or are draped around it, worn in the 15th century.
to attend or accompany as chaperone.
to act as chaperone.
Origin of chaperone
1Other words for chaperone
Other words from chaperone
- chap·er·on·age [shap-uh-roh-nij], /ˈʃæp əˌroʊ nɪdʒ/, noun
- chap·er·on·less, adjective
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How to use chaperone in a sentence
He goes on: “Children, if they have any taste, will eat it up, but their chaperones will know that something is missing.”
Bad Jokes and Silent Kids: How You Know Something Is Very Wrong With Muppets Most Wanted | Brandy Zadrozny | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThree adult chaperones were also killed, and the 12 kids who lived suffered terrible burns.
Cora Carlisle, a 36-year-old woman, chaperones a 15-year-old girl named Louise Brooks from Wichita to New York one summer.
In hotels, there are women managers, chaperones, hostesses and matrons.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchyOh, so many chaperones in the second car will suffice, laughed Nancy.
Polly and Her Friends Abroad | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
No, you are very stiff and stand-offish there, I know; that is why you don't require chaperones.
Bluebell | Mrs. George Croft HuddlestonHer head was leaning against the flag-staff; her eyes were closed, in the manner of more wary chaperones,—Mrs. Levice slept.
Other Things Being Equal | Emma WolfThe salesmen in our leading houses are expect to be posted, and to act as escorts sad chaperones in this wine-guzzling tour.
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