noun. A conductor or guide; escort. Compare def. 4.

To attend (an unmarried girl or woman) in public: said of an older woman or a married woman.

noun. A hood: a name given to hoods of various shapes at different times.

noun. Specifically A hood or cap worn by the Knights of the Garter when in full dress.

noun. A small shield containing crests, initials, etc., formerly placed on the foreheads of horses which drew the hearse in pompous funerals. Also written chaperonne.

noun. Formerly, one who attended a lady to public places as a guide or protector; a duenna; now, more especially, a married woman who, in accordance with the rules of etiquette, accompanies a young unmarried woman to public places or social entertainments.

noun. In entomology, the clypeus of the head of an insect; the part which supports the labrum or upper lip; the nasus; the epistoma.

noun. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.

noun. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

noun. A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.

transitive verb. To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.

noun. An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.

verb. to accompany, to escort

verb. to mother

verb. accompany as a chaperone

noun. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

"She was a typical May-term chaperon, always pleasant, always hungry, and always tired."

chaperoned  chaperoning  

escort  

chaperone  confidante  duenna  governess  helpmeet  

abigail  amah  attend  attend to  au pair girl  

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