What does "chaperone" mean?

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

What is a synonym for "chaperone"?

Common synonyms include: accompany, attend, attendant, chaperon, chaperon, chaperon.

Pronounced //ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn//.

//ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
2
one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people wordnet
3
A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
4
An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit. UK

Verb

1
To act as a chaperone.
"They played you off very cunning, Eliza. If it had been only one of them, you could have nailed him. But you see, there was two; and one of them chaperoned the other, as you might say."
2
accompany as a chaperone wordnet
3
To work as a chaperone. UK

"Tom and Mary don't need a chaperone."

See chaperon.

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