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chaperone

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊnCurrent119 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

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  • “It just stings because I could only travel once last year and it happened right after my brother died and I was just a broken drunk suicidal mess for the entire trip, and my poor friend had to chaperone me to make sure I didn't die or throw up on myself. Wanted something nice.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I somehow won the war for the Friday show 😵 But it forced me to buy 4 tix so I'm either going or finding a 3rd kid with $. (A's friend's mom wants to go and was happy to chaperone alone)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The coked out eyes bastard even spent millions of taxpayers dollars to chaperone his Israeli honeypot around on govt. jets. On brand and American wanted this.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.

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"chaperone" means: An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.

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"chaperone" means: An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (UK) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable

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  • “Hsp70 diversification and repurposing across the tree of life: Lessons from the evolutionary and mechanistic trajectory of the Hsp70–Hsp110 chaperone system Gilgamesh sur mon graphical abstract de ma revue. Lisez-là, c'est pas mal. febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

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  • “We daughter is worried that her ADHD, sometimes unfiltered borderline Commie dad, will need a chaperone when I do go 😁”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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