chaperonage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chaperon +‎ -age

Noun[edit]

chaperonage (usually uncountable, plural chaperonages)

  1. The state of being a chaperon.
  2. The protection offered by a chaperon.

Quotations[edit]

  • 1863, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lost and Saved:
    Sara, the successor to Helen Wollingham in her maternal chaperonage, and infinitely pleasanter to chaperon, since she combined the family beauty with a spirit of gaiety . . .
  • 1860 Miriam (Coles) Harris - Rutledge
    I had seen her at dinner more than once, when she had dined with us, and gone to the opera under my aunt's chaperonage.
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