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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chap•er•one (shap′ə rōn′),USA pronunciation n., v.t., v.i., -oned, -on•ing. - chaperon.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chap•er•on or chap•er•one/ˈʃæpəˌroʊn/USA pronunciation n., v., -oned, -on•ing. n. [countable] - a person, usually an older woman, who accompanies a young unmarried woman in public.
- a person who attends a party or dance for young people to supervise their behavior.
v. - to attend or accompany as chaperon:[~ + object]The high school teachers chaperoned the dance.
- to act as a chaperon:[no object]asked the teachers if they would chaperon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chap•er•on (shap′ə rōn′),USA pronunciation n. - a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- any adult present in order to maintain order or propriety at an activity of young people, as at a school dance.
- Clothinga round headdress of stuffed cloth with wide cloth streamers that fall from the crown or are draped around it, worn in the 15th century.
v.t. - to attend or accompany as chaperon.
v.i. - to act as chaperon.
Also, chaperone. - French (18th century)
- Anglo-French, Middle French: hood, cowl, equivalent. to chape cape1 + -eron noun, nominal suffix; figurative sense
- 1350–1400; Middle English
- 1, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged escort.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chaperon, chaperone /ˈʃæpəˌrəʊn/ n - (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
vb - to act as a chaperon to
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from chape hood, protective covering; see capchaperonage /ˈʃæpərənɪdʒ/ n |