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bemuttern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chaperon noun An older or responsible person who accompanies young people at a social event to supervise their behaviour.
  • mother noun A female parent.

Senses

bemuttern is used for these senses in English:

  • chaperon To accompany; to escort.
  • chaperon To mother.
  • mother (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

chaperon — full definition

  1. noun An older or responsible person who accompanies young people at a social event to supervise their behaviour.
  2. verb To accompany and supervise someone, especially a young person, at a social event.

mother — full definition

  1. noun A female parent.
  2. noun The origin or source of something.
  3. verb To care for someone the way a mother would, sometimes to an overprotective degree.

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