CHAPERON
\ʃˈapəɹˌə͡ʊn], \ʃˈapəɹˌəʊn], \ʃ_ˈa_p_ə_ɹ_ˌəʊ_n]\
Definitions of CHAPERON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
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A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.
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To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.
By Oddity Software
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A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
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A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.
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To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.
By Noah Webster.
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A married or older woman who accompanies young unmarried women in public.
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To escort; as, the matron chaperoned a party of young girls.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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