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chaperone
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As a noun, chaperone means an older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman. As a verb, it means act as a chaperone.
Meanings of chaperone
5 meaningsnoun
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
biochemistryA 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.
UKbusinessAn employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
verb
To act as a chaperone.
UKbusinessTo work as a chaperone.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).