Definitions for chaperon
ˈʃæp əˌroʊnchap·er·on

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chaperon, chaperoneverb

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

2. chaperone, chaperonverb

   accompany as a chaperone

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chaperonnoun

   An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.

2. chaperonverb

   to accompany, to escort

3. chaperonverb

   to mother

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHAPERONnoun

   A kind of hood or cap worn by the knights of the garter in their habits.

   Etymology: French.

   I will omit the honourable habiliments, as robes of state, parliament robes, chaperons, and caps of state. William Camden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chaperonnoun

   a hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood

2. Chaperonnoun

   a device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals

3. Chaperonnoun

   a matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector

4. Chaperonverb

   to attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize

5. Etymology: [F. chaperon. See Chape, Cape, Cap.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chaperon

   shap′e-rōn, n. a kind of hood or cap: one who attends a lady in public places as a protector.—v.t. to attend a lady to public places.—n. Chap′eronage. [Fr., a large hood—chape, a hooded cloak—Low L. cappa. See Cape.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chaperon

   A hood or cape worn by Knights of the Garter.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chaperon

   =clypeus or clypeus anterior.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHAPERON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chaperon is ranked #78040 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Chaperon surname appeared 245 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chaperon.
   
   58.7% or 144 total occurrences were White.
   27.7% or 68 total occurrences were Black.
   7.3% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.4% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Escort

Anagrams for chaperon »

1. Cape Horn

2. carphone

3. canephor

4. chaperno

How to pronounce chaperon?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chaperon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaperon in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaperon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of chaperon in a Sentence

1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The wolf rolls out red carpet, Remnants of Red Riding Hood. (Le loup déroule le tapis rouge, Ce qui reste du Chaperon Rouge)

2. Kelly Clarkson:

   Lionel Richie – he is a major dad. He is [a] dad/chaperon, like Lionel will be telling some beautiful story about Prince… and we will be preparing a whoopee cushion.

3. Amy Vanderbilt:

   The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon.

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