chaperone

Meaning

Noun

1. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
2. A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
3. (UK) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.

Verb

1. To act as a chaperone.
2. (UK) To work as a chaperone.

Synonyms

chaperon

accompany

escort

mistress

wait upon

attend on

escort and wait on

housekeeper

minder

Translations

chaperon

señora de compañía

chaperón

Anstandsdame

bedienen

begleiten

geleiten

pflegen

Geleit geben

chaperonner

compagne

duègne

begeleider

chaperonne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/

Etymology

See chaperon.