Attendant vs Chaperon - What's the difference?
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One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
Going with; associated; concomitant.
* Sir Walter Scott
(legal) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
A hood, especially, an ornamental or official hood.
* Howell
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
As nouns the difference between attendant and chaperon
is that attendant is one who attends; one who works with or watches something while chaperon is an adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.As an adjective attendant
is going with; associated; concomitant.As a verb chaperon is
to accompany, to escort.attendant
English
Alternative forms
* attendaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
Adjective
(en adjective)- They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
- The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
- the widow attendant to the heir
- (Cowell)
See also
* part and parcel ----chaperon
English
(wikipedia chaperon)Alternative forms
* chaperoneNoun
(en noun)- His head and face covered with a chaperon , out of which there are but two holes to look through.