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chaperon
chap·er·on
[
sháppə rn
]
(
plural
chap·er·ons
)
or
chap·er·one
[
sháppə rn
]
(
plural
chap·er·ones
)
noun
Definition:
1.
group supervisor:
somebody who accompanies and supervises a group of young people
2.
supervisor of young woman:
somebody, especially an older or married woman, who accompanies and supervises a young single woman at social events
[
12th century. < French,< late Latin
cappa
(see
cap
)
]
chap·er·on
transitive and intransitive verb
chap·er·on·age
[
shàppə rṓnij
]
noun
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chap·er·on transitive and intransitive verbchap·er·on·age [ shàppə rṓnij ] noun
