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
Most undergraduates at most colleges regard chaperonage as an unnecessary appendage to a good party.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor could the Los Angeles welfare board, which is charged with the moral chaperonage of young performers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Robinson did not insist on uninterrupted chaperonage of her daughter; the ladies evinced little fanaticism on this head.
From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Louis Zangwill
