Chaperone definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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The insistence on the second-class category for all women, the ridiculous arrangements whereby any female, including a widow is not allowed to even drive herself or evn be in the company of an unmarried man without a male family member as a chaperone is the single largest obstacle to progress in Saudi Arabia.

—A Tangled Web

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

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The agency supplied a chaperone, all right, or at least what they called a chaperone. — The African Quest
But as his chaperone was talking at the counter he turned again to look at me: once again the smile. — XXXX
Do you not remember the long evening at Torres Vedras, when you made sure that my chaperone was not present and we talked and talked and then you tried to make love to me? — Mary Balogh - Beyond the Sunrise
I am certainly old enough to be a quite acceptable chaperone, am I not, Grandmama? — Mary Balogh Ungrateful Governess
She had gone off with Sir John without a chaperone, and I thought they would soon catch up to Lady Harriet and Theodore. — The Obedient Bride