Matron vs Chaperon - What's the difference?
matron | chaperon |
A mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:your wives, your daughters, your matrons , and your maids
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron ; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
A housekeeper; especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution; a head nurse in a hospital.
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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 matron and chaperon
is that matron is a mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners 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 a verb chaperon is
to accompany, to escort.matron
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)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.