Chaperone (social)
A person who accompanies an unmarried woman in public / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a social role. For Sheridan's play and Linley's opera, see The Duenna.
This article is about usually female role in Western culture. For male chaperone in Islam, see Mahram.
Not to be confused with the chaperon headgear.
A chaperone (also spelled chaperon) in its original social usage was a person who for propriety's sake accompanied an unmarried girl in public; usually she was an older married woman, and most commonly the girl's own mother.
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In modern social usage, a chaperon (frequent in British spelling) or chaperone (usual in American spelling) is a responsible adult who accompanies and supervises young people. By extension, the word chaperone is used in clinical contexts.