chaperone
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈʃæpəˌroʊn/
- It is common for a parent to serve as a chaperone on field trips to supervise the children.
- students and chaperones
- chaperones on trips
- teachers and chaperones
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so Patty was my chaperone and my trainer for the World Championships.
- And so Patty was my chaperone and my trainer for the World Championships.
- When your kids in high school, Kim's going to be a volunteer chaperone at school dances.
- And basically any Fey female of her age that isn't with a proper chaperone needs to get married.
- Genzi's chaperone to the Boot and Shoe Museum.
- It's a crew of invisible chaperones.
Examples
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Our chaperones will be on-site full-time to keep you safe, and our staff is here to help with anything you need.
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When your kids in high school, Kim's going to be a volunteer chaperone at school dances.
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Well, you can be my chaperone.
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Since when have you become my chaperone?
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Why does he need a chaperone?
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I might very well have been there as a chaperone.
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Although she wears no wedding ring, she is here by the lake without a chaperone.
Fiction book (1999) -
And so Patty was my chaperone and my trainer for the World Championships.
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Serve as a chaperone on student-centered trips such as those necessary for the Technology Student Association.
Academic text (2008) -
Mr. Hughes, a 35-year-old family man, is playing chaperone to prepubescent versions of Superman, Tinkerbell, and a dancing skeleton.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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7.1
A person who goes with and watches young people at events to make sure they behave
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A person who stays with someone to protect and watch them
Antonyms
How Supervisory
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chaperone comes from an old French word chaperon meaning 'hood' or 'small cover'. A helpful image is a hood that protects someone, so a chaperone is the person who accompanies young people to keep them safe and behaving properly.