CHAPERONE
- (French) a person who ensures propriety, esp a married or older woman accompanying a young unmarried woman on social occasions [n -S] / to act as a chaperone also CHAPERON [v CHAPERONED, CHAPERONING, CHAPERONES]
- to escort to maintain propriety [v CHAPERONED, CHAPERONES, CHAPERONING]
- A person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people
- An older woman responsible for the decorous behavior of a young unmarried girl at social occasions