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
Cuban mothers cooped up their daughters in the Spanish tradition of despotic chaperonage tempered by matrimonial intrigue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having survived the cannonade of laughter that welcomed them, they proceeded, under the chaperonage of John Sloan, to exhibit year after year a freakish rout of paintings wilder than any parade of camels and elephants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strictest chaperonage is maintained over young women, no girl being permitted for a moment to be alone with a young man, a system that would make slow headway in North America.
From Prowling about Panama by George A. Miller
