Vocabulary Word
Word: chaperon
Definition: older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman
Definition: older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman
Sentences Containing 'chaperon'
how I should like to be married before any of you; and then I would chaperon you about to all the balls.
More Vocab Words
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::: capillary - having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity
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