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chaperon    
n. 女伴
vt. 伴护

女伴伴护

chaperon
n 1: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or
gatherings of young people [synonym: {chaperon}, {chaperone}]
v 1: accompany as a chaperone [synonym: {chaperone}, {chaperon}]

Chaperon \Chap"er*on\, n. [F. chaperon. See {Chape}, {Cape},
{Cap}.]
1. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.
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His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of
which there are but two holes to look through.
--Howell.
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2. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the
hearse in pompous funerals.
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3. A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for
propriety, or as a guide and protector.
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Chaperon \Chap"er*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chaperoned}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Chaperoning}.] [Cf. F. chaperonner, fr. chaperon.]
To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to
matronize.
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Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to
chaperon, sent to excuse herself. --Hannah More.
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "chaperon":
abigail, amah, attend, attend to, au pair girl, ayah, baby-sit,
bear, betweenmaid, biddy, bodyguard, boss, bring, care for, carry,
cavalier, chambermaid, cherish, companion, conduct, conductor,
conserve, consort with, convoy, cook, duenna, escort, esquire,
fellow traveler, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, foster,
gentlewoman, girl, governess, guard, guide, handmaid, handmaiden,
hired girl, housemaid, keep watch over, kitchenmaid, lady-help,
lady-in-waiting, lead, live-in maid, live-out maid, look after,
look out for, look to, maid, maidservant, marshal, matronize, mind,
minister to, mother, nurse, nursemaid, nurture, overlook, oversee,
parlormaid, preserve, protege, provide for, quarterback,
ride herd on, safe-conduct, scullery maid, see after, see to,
servant girl, servitress, shepherd, soubrette, squire, superintend,
supervise, support, survey, swain, take care of, take charge of,
take out, tend, tweeny, upstairs maid, usher, wait on,
waiting maid, watch, watch out for, watch over, wench

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  • Is chaperon versus chaperone a US versus British English thing?
    The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) has 277 instances of chaperone and 60 instances of chaperon from 1990 to 2015 (I excluded the spoken sections ) So there are clearly some differences across time and space, but chaperon is actually older or more British or both; it's definitely not a new American simplified spelling
  • etymology - Whats the origin of -er vs. -re endings? - English . . .
    Noah Webster on '-er' and '-re' word endings (chiefly '-ter' and '-tre') One dedicated opponent of - re endings of the type that the poster has in mind was Noah Webster Here is his discussion of such words in A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language (1806): We have a few words of another class which remain as outlaws in orthography These are such as end in re, as sceptre, theatre
  • L versus LL in British versus US English
    Possible Duplicate: When is ldquo;L rdquo; doubled? Is there any guidance on the usage of doubled consonants, particularly L, in British versus US English? For example 'Travelled' v 'Traveled
  • Word for a person who continually tries to teach you when its not . . .
    0 I am thinking to the verb overteach for the excess of explanation and, ironically, to chaperone for mothering someone a "chaperon (e)" is someone, such as a teacher or parent, who goes with children on a trip or to a school dance to make sure that the children behave properly
  • phrase requests - A better word than babysitter for an adult . . .
    chaperon (e) Oxford Dictionary A person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people Did Trump select an attorney general or chaperone? (not really "respectful", just for the usage ) Maybe this is how President-elect Donald Trump protects himself from going too far — he nominates a chaperone for attorney general!
  • Alternatives for conducted with respect to research
    17 You actually can’t conduct a research, because it is not a count noun But you can conduct, do, pursue, guide, lead, head, preside over, or engage in research Other more courageous terms include chaperon, shepherd, and trailblaze
  • Im looking for a slang word or idiom for someone who insists on . . .
    @barbecue I suppose it depends on whether you think the third person is a necessary chaperon bringing stability (3rd wheel) or an unwanted, unnecessary intrusion (5th wheel)
  • translation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    A chaperone or chaperon is someone who looks after and supervises another person or a group of people It originally meant a woman whose duty was to accompany a younger woman and make sure she wasn't harmed and didn't get into trouble, especially when she was with a man





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