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Definition of Chaperonage
1. n. Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.
Definition of Chaperonage
1. Noun. The state of being a chaperon ¹
2. Noun. The protection offered by a chaperon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chaperonage
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaperonage
Literary usage of Chaperonage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romantic Love and Personal Beauty: Their Development, Causal Relations by Henry Theophilus Finck (1887)
"chaperonage VERSUS COURTSHIP In such an arid, rocky soil Love of course could
not grow or even germinate. Still more fatal to the romantic passion, however, ..."
2. Etiquette for Americans by Woman of fashion (1898)
"CHAPTER XV chaperonage It has been said that the laws of genuine etiquette are
founded on common- sense; yet there is a great deal of discussion in certain, ..."
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