chaperon
noun
(esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
Example Sentences
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Even the straightforward parodies of classic Hindi musical numbers, in which love usually dances with the chaperonage of a chorus line, lack the comic spark to send them soaring.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2013
My sincere condolences to his parents, whom I never met, but who loved their brilliant, magnificently weird son and made sure he always had chaperonage when he went abroad on his adventures.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2013
The four contenders wound up the week, under Kennedy's chaperonage, at the first of the forums.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a month Anne and Michael planned to enjoy themselves in Switzerland* under the chaperonage of her mother, Princess Margrethe, and his uncle, Prince Nicholas.
From Time Magazine Archive
She refused to come to London under the chaperonage of my Lady Helmington, and as often as not she stayed upstairs in her chamber when he drove his friends down from London.
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Mabel Winifred Knowles
