chaperonage
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
chaperonage (usually uncountable, plural chaperonages)
- The state of being a chaperon.
- The protection offered by a chaperon.
Quotations edit
- 1863, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lost and Saved:
- Sara, the successor to Helen Wollingham in her maternal chaperonage, and infinitely pleasanter to chaperon, since she combined the family beauty with a spirit of gaiety . . .
- 1860 Miriam (Coles) Harris - Rutledge
- I had seen her at dinner more than once, when she had dined with us, and gone to the opera under my aunt's chaperonage.