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Meanings of chaperon in inglés

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acompanyant

One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people.

acompanyant
Usage of chaperon in inglés
1
In thinking of nothing but Miss Forbes, he had forgotten the chaperon.
The Scarlet Car
2
You are living in the same house with him-undercircumstances-er-without a chaperon.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
3
Jennie engaged a chaperon, and took great satisfaction in this unwonted luxury.
A Woman Intervenes
4
A chaperon therefore was indispensable, and Maria Tulloch could always be had.
Sir George Tressady — Volume I
5
Ignorant of the treasonable intrigues of her chaperon, Clotilde said nothing more.
Filipino Popular Tales
6
Linder, among his other accomplishments learned in France, is an excellent chaperon.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
7
You forget, Peter, that I possess the dearest and nicest little chaperon.
Helena
8
Mr. Hamlin let me help chaperon them at a reception yesterday afternoon.
The Automobile Girls at Washington; Or, Checkmating the Plots of...
9
If ladies are present, either the chaperon may pour, or a servant.
Book of Etiquette, Volume II
10
And when you do your turn, take some one along for chaperon.
Moon-Face, and Other Stories
11
Constant, whom I was so fortunate as to secure as their chaperon.
Manners and Social Usages
12
As long as Becky was there, she should stay to chaperon her.
The Trumpeter Swan
13
The chaperon was not showy, but, what is better, she was good.
The Angel and the Author, and Others
14
My chaperon, Makatopawee, knows that I was gone but a few minutes.
Indian Boyhood
15
Of course, this wicked brother was the cause of their chaperon's difficulties.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
16
I have a chaperon, and a very nice, though entirely unnecessary, one.
Olivia in India
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Chaperon through the time
Chaperon across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common