chaperon
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French chaperon (“‘hood’”), from Middle French, "head covering", from chape
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[edit] Noun
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chaperon (plural chaperons)
- An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing inappropriate social or sexual interactions.
[edit] Translations
an adult who accompanies unmarried men or women
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[edit] Verb
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to chaperon (third-person singular simple present chaperons, present participle chaperoning, simple past and past participle chaperoned)
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to accompany, to escort
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to mother
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