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As a noun chaperone is

an older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

As a verb chaperone is

to act as a chaperone.

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chaperone

Noun

(en noun)
  • An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
  • (biology) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
  • Derived terms

    * chaperoneship * cochaperone

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to act as a chaperone
  • * 2006 , The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.
  • 'Purcell had volunteered to chaperone a delegation of female students'

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