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chaperone
or chap·er·on
[ shap-uh-rohn ]
/ ËÊĂŠp ÉËroÊn /
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Definition of chaperone
noun
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
any adult present in order to maintain order or propriety at an activity of young people, as at a school dance.
a round headdress of stuffed cloth with wide cloth streamers that fall from the crown or are draped around it, worn in the 15th century.
verb (used with object)
to attend or accompany as chaperone.
verb (used without object)
to act as chaperone.
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Origin of chaperone
First recorded in 1350â1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Middle French: âhood, cowl,â equivalent to chape cape1 + -eron noun suffix; figurative sense from French (18th century)
OTHER WORDS FROM chaperone
chap·er·on·age [shap-uh-roh-nij], /ËÊĂŠp ÉËroÊ nÉȘdÊ/, nounchap·er·on·less, adjectiveWords nearby chaperone
chapel de fer, Chapel Hill, chapel of ease, chapelry, chaperon, chaperone, chapess, chapfallen, chap hop, chapiter, chaplain
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