Chaperone
WordNet
noun
(1) One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
verb
(2) Accompany as a chaperone
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
- 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.
Verb
- to act as a chaperone
- 2006, The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.
- 'Purcell had volunteered to chaperone a delegation of female students'
- 2006, The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.