chaperone
chaperone Lexical Profile
chaperone Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An adult who accompanies or supervises young people at a social gathering, trip, or event to ensure proper behavior and safety.
"The school required at least four parent chaperones for the overnight field trip to the science museum."
A protein that assists in the proper folding, unfolding, or assembly of other macromolecular structures in a cell.
"Molecular chaperones prevent newly synthesized polypeptide chains from aggregating into nonfunctional clumps."
• verb
To accompany and supervise a person or group of young people for protection, guidance, or propriety.
"Several teachers volunteered to chaperone the students during the spring dance."
• Rhymes for chaperone
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French 'chaperon', originally meaning a hood or cowl (from Late Latin 'cappa', meaning cape), which metaphorically came to mean a protector who shields a young person.