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chaperone.

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/General-American/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/Received-Pronunciation
  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. An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.

    UK
Where this word comes from

See chaperon.

verb/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/General-American/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To act as a chaperone.

  2. To work as a chaperone.

    UK
Where this word comes from

See chaperon.

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