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Chaperoned

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, sent to excuse herself.
--Hannah More.

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chaperoned

vb. (en-past of: chaperone)

Usage examples of "chaperoned".

Then I sat down in the broiling sun and chaperoned Bettina until luncheon.

In Delhi she'd been chaperoned through the rough streets of the old city to find a cobra salesman.

Instead she grabbed Arthur by his elbow and chaperoned him past the guard and through the door, hot on Dorothy's heels.

Medraut followed Lailoken into the little taverna, smiling and eager for a bit of fun after the strain of the week at Caerleul, while Morgana's sons, carefully chaperoned by their guards, joined the village boys in a game involving wooden hoops, sticks to keep them rolling, and at least a dozen eager, panting puppies which kept darting underfoot as the boys ran and shouted.

She and Medraut spent carefully chaperoned afternoons playing silly games and talking of everything from inconsequentials to privately held dreams for the future.

So she became "Shizuko" with the shy smile and the modest bow and chaperoned me—but conversely I chaperoned her without intending to.

So she became "Shizuko" with the shy smile and the modest bow and chaperoned meÄbut conversely I chaperoned her without intending to.

I'll find a seamstress and have beautiful dresses made, and be correctly chaperoned and in command--of him and of my future.