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Look up: chaperon

  1. chaperon
    [n] - one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Chaperon
    Chap'er·on noun [ French chaperon . See Chape , Cape , Cap .] 1. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood. « His head and face covered with a chaperon , out of which there are but two hole...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/54

  3. Chaperon
    Chap'er·on transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Chaperoned ; present participle & verbal noun Chaperoning .] [ Confer French chaperonner , from chaperon .] To atten...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/54

  4. chaperon
    chaperone noun one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Chaperon
    • (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals. • (v. t.) To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize. • (n.) A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector. • (n.) A h...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Chaperon
    The hood of the fourteenth century, composed of three main parts. The liripipe was its hanging part, the guleron was the neckpiece, and around the face the visagière.
    Found on http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/glo

  7. Chaperon
    A chaperon was a device placed on the foreheads of horses drawing a hearse.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Chaperon
    (headgear) by ˈʃæpərɒn-->; Middle French: chaperon) was a form of hood or, later, highly versatile hat worn in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorative tail behind, and then developed into a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon

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