Definition of "chaperons" [chaperons]

• Plural form of chaperon. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperon. (verb)

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• "Maybe it was easier back in the old days when it was performed with bodyguards called chaperons: the girls could be as free and gay and thoughtless as the boys without having to worry about consequences."
• "Many of the most flagrant violations of propriety, in what is called the fashionable set, have arisen from this choice of young chaperons, which is a mere begging of the question, and no chaperonage at all."
• "Or when the behavior of one group of kids – a group of older school children running amuk in a museum with no chaperons in sight is an example that comes to mind – seriously inhibits the experience of other visitors."