CHAPERONE


Meaning of CHAPERONE in English

I. noun

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Anna Zborowska posed for two nude paintings, presumably painted in her rooms at the Sunny Hotel with Lunia acting as chaperone .

At different times Polanco, Garza, Santana and Marmalejo were assigned to these buses as drivers or chaperones.

Aunt Millie went with her as chaperone , and kept her secret.

Her duties as a chaperone had become less evident now that she was accustomed to Paul and had been spoken to kindly.

Margarett snaps Miss Sheldon, chaperone of the Florentine School, and two schoolmates lounging on deck chairs.

Surely you don't want a chaperone ?

The volunteers may go with chaperones anywhere they want within a 25-mile radius of the center.

Thus, while Meh'Lindi padded in pursuit with her mute chaperones, Jaq was also tracking the Harlequin man.

II. verb

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For a moment Peng Yu-wei hesitated, his duty to chaperone the children conflicting with the explicit command of the young master.

They gave mice infusions of a blood-clotting factor and antibodies engineered to chaperone the factor to molecular targets in tumor vessels.

Unfortunately I was working with All Saints so my mum did the chaperoning bit, taking her to Pinewood and back.

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