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.
chaperones
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pluralof chaperone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ebbw Fawr Learning Community in Blaenau Gwent introduced the chaperones in response to costly vandalism and excessive time spent out of lessons.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Kleiman said many adults rent short-term rentals for young people but then do not accompany them as chaperones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Many malls only require chaperones on weekend afternoons and evenings or during extended school breaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
And so there we were, standing like two prom chaperones in a long line of women all younger and thinner by comparison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
Island was the hair-and-nails crowd, chaperones, and icky boys with all their macho strutting and unbuttoned shirts and hairy chests with gold chains and teensy gold crucifixes.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
