- a variation of chaperone.
chaperon
Britishnoun
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(esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
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someone who accompanies and supervises a group, esp of young people, usually when in public places
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of chaperon
C14: from Old French, from chape hood, protective covering; see cap
Example Sentences
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The 1922 edition contained a chapter on “The Chaperon and Other Conventions”; by 1927 it had been retitled “The Vanishing Chaperone and Other New Conventions”; and by 1937, “The Vanished Chaperone and Other Lost Conventions.”
From Time • May 18, 2016
“It’s like ‘Le Petit Chaperon Rouge,’ ” Ayouch observes, referring to the French version of the wolf-eats-grandma fable.
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2015
In the 17th century Charles Perrault turned an oral folk tale into “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge,” and three centuries later Angela Carter gave the story a wicked, feminist spin.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2011
Later, Physicist Georges Chaperon wound resistances into intertwined coils with the same result.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instantly the Chaperon ceased to admire Tibe's new and expensive collar, and opened a silver chain bag, also glittering with newness, which she had in her lap.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl
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