chaperonage
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- noun
- /ˌʃæpəˈroʊnɪdʒ/
- Archaic
- In the past, young women often needed chaperonage when attending social events to maintain their reputation.
Examples
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Around 1910, chaperonage was on its way out: "Young ladies are now frequently asked to dinner parties without a chaperon, a hostess constituting herself chaperon for the occasion."
Academic text (1995) -
They went first to the Venetian Canals, where Pearline and Jonah rode the gondola, heads close together with the boatman's uninterested chaperonage.
Fiction book (1994) -
When women began cycling in the 1870s and 1880s, most were under the chaperonage of a male cycling partner.
Academic text (2012) -
We forget that gentlemen were supposed to be aggressive, and that is why chaperonage was around: if you do not burn with desire for your amorata, don't marry.
Blog text (14) -
It becomes not a means of bringing us into God's presence but a kind of verbal chaperonage in which we can be in God's presence but never speak freely or touch.
Academic text (2001) -
Twentieth- and twenty-first-century scholars note the bicycle as a major factor in the demise of chaperonage.
Academic text (2012) -
From the late nineteenth century onward, chaperonage was declining in popularity, and this aspect of diminishing social segregation was often discussed in etiquette books.
Academic text (1995) -
The teacher provided chaperonage for the students during their field trip to ensure they behaved properly.
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The organization offered chaperonage to keep the children safe while they participated in outdoor activities.
Synonyms
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Watching and guiding people while they work or learn
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Watching and guiding people as they do work
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Going with someone to protect or help them
Antonyms
How Supervised
- Specialized
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chaperonage comes from the French chaperon, which once meant a 'hood' or small 'cloak' and is like the English words cap and cape. A chaperon was someone who acted as a protector, so chaperonage is the practice of supervising or accompanying someone to keep them safe or behaving properly.