chaperone
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chaperone
- /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/ US
- /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/ UK
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See chaperon.
noun chaperones
- An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
- 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.
- An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
verb chaperones · chaperoning · chaperoned
- To act as a chaperone. They played you off very cunning, Eliza. If it had been only one of them, you could have nailed him. But you see, there was two; and one of them chaperoned the other, as you might say.
- To work as a chaperone.
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noun older person who accompanies younger people to ensure good behaviour
| Español | dueña, carabina, chaperón, acompañante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 保護者 hogosha |
| 中文 | 監護人 /监护人 jiānhùrén |
| Português | guardião, guardiã, mentor, mentora, aia, aio |
| Français | chaperon |
| Deutsch | Anstandsdame, Anstandswauwau, Aufsichtsperson, Begleitperson, Begleitung, Aufpasser |
| Ελληνικά | συνοδός synodós |
| Русский | дуэ́нья duénʹja |
verb act as a chaperone
| 中文 | 陪伴 péibàn, 监护 jiānhù, 起到分子伴侣作用 qǐdào fēnzǐbànlǚ zuòyòng |
|---|---|
| Português | acompanhar, assistir |
| Français | chaperonner |
| Deutsch | als Beschützerin begleiten, Anstandsdame spielen, beaufsichtigen, begleiten, eskortieren |
| Italiano | sciaperonare |
| Ελληνικά | συνοδεύω synodévo |
Talk about this word "chaperone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chaperone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chaperone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chaperone "chaperone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chaperone.
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@misc{chaperone_2026,
title = {chaperone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chaperone},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
