EGAVE

chaperone

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
  4. verb To act as a chaperone.
  5. verb To work as a chaperone.

Similar words

chaperon handler flashing hood duenna chaperonage chaperonship valet companion protege

Often followed by

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Word family

chaperon chaperonage chaperonages chaperoned chaperones chaperoning chaperons molecular chaperone

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