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chaperone

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chaperone /ˈʃapərəʊn/ (also chaperon /ˈʃapərɒn/)

▶noun a person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people.

■ dated an older woman responsible for the decorous behaviour of a young unmarried girl at social occasions.

▶verb accompany and look after.

– derivatives
chaperonage /ˈʃap(ə)r(ə)ˌnɪdʒ/ noun.

– origin ME (denoting a hood or cap): from Fr., fem. of chaperon ‘hood’, dimin. of chape (see chape).

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