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chaperon
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people [syn: chaperone ] v. accompany as a chaperone [syn: chaperone ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chaperon \Chap"er*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaperoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chaperoning .] [Cf. F. chaperonner, fr. chaperon.] To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize. Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to chaperon, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior. 2 A hood, especially, an ornamental ...
Usage examples of chaperon.
Reluctantly she permitted Dolley to join with other young people, chaperoned of course, in attending parties, picnics, jaunts into the country.
Large arrays of cylindrical structures and their chaperoning conduits and connectors were at once majestic yet stylized in design.
And so, for one reason and another, they walked on in silence, chaperoned by the voice of Mrs.
Public opinion, carefully encouraged by Miss Jacques and her chaperon with their hints at false proposals and attempted seduction, was firmly of the belief that he should have made her an offer.
Then, of course, there was his reputation as a rake, which made every chaperon blench.
And if I miss the excitement of the Season in years to come, I shall set myself up as a chaperon for daughters of rich cits wishing to marry well!
The Dowager knew that Polly had so much Town bronze that she need not trouble herself to chaperon her too closely.
She was forever being chaperoned about by her mother or some other elderly female relative, which was all very well for a new debutante but decidedly slow for a lady of twenty three.
The Dowager Countess was chaperoning her daughter to the ball and was keeping a closer eye on her than she had done at Lady Phillips's.
She watched Lord Henry's tall figure skirt the floor and cross urgently to Lady Laura's chaperon, saw the lady point and Lord Henry set off in that direction.
My sister and her chaperon have already left and I must make haste to my next engagement.
Turning around, Polly saw that Mrs Dit ton, their chaperon for the day, was a considerable distance behind and appeared to be involved in some kind of altercation with both her children and an angry stall holder.
She will be well enough chaperoned by her rector and his wife until her auntie arrives.
I don't suddenly discover that I have been chaperoning a set of German code-dispatches across the seas.
We had seen and done all the things that they were doing, and it presently bored us to chaperon them.