Значение

значений: 3
  1. An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.

    one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

  2. A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.

  3. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

Примеры

предложений: 2
  1. Are you chaperoning?

  2. Tobias used to chaperon his little brothers while they trick-and-treated.

Происхождение

From French chaperon (“hood”), from Middle French, "head covering", from Old French chape.

From French chaperon (“hood”), from Middle French, "head covering", from Old French chape.

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Формы

мн. число: chaperons
Ед. числоchaperon
Мн. числоchaperons

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 1
Близкие по смыслу
  • one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people:chaperone

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Производныеchaperonage

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соседние слова
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