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Chaperone   /ʃˈæpərˌoʊn/   Listen
Chaperone

verb
1.
Accompany as a chaperone.  Synonym: chaperon.






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"Chaperone" Quotes from Famous Books



... sorry to hear it; still, if the young ladies care to drive over, my mother will chaperone them," persisted Captain Grant; ...
— Our Bessie • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... quickly into an envelope. "Come," she interrupted. "Aunt Josephine will be wondering where we are. She— she's a demon chaperone." ...
— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve

... give him to my cousin." Inside half an hour, however, Thomas Erastus had assumed the paternal air toward us that soon made us fear to lose him. Living without Thomas now would be like a young girl's going out without a chaperone. After that first half-hour, when he had been fed, he chased every foreign cat off the premises, and assumed the part of a watch-dog. To this day he will sit on the front porch or the window-sill and growl if he ...
— Concerning Cats - My Own and Some Others • Helen M. Winslow



Words linked to "Chaperone" :   protect, shielder, duenna, den mother, housemother, defender, escort, protector, guardian



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