A synonym for a jimmy hat. This term is often used at haughty universities such as Vanderbilt. Elitist private institutions of learning much prefer this proper noun over the more commonly used words uttered by the laborer hordes.
1. A person, especially an older or married woman, who accompanies a young unmarried woman in public.
An older person who attends and supervises a social gathering for young people.
2. A guide or companion whose purpose is to ensure propriety or restrict activity
“to see and feel the rough edges of the society . . . without the filter of official chaperones” (Philip Taubman).