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Chappist

Chappist adjective: relating to Chappism.

Adjective

Chappist (comparative more Chappist, superlative most Chappist)

  1. Relating to Chappism.
    • The song was an example of the Chap Hop sound, mixing a hip hop musical approach with Chappist (named after The Chap magazine that calls for the return of the dandy way of life) or Steampunk subcultures while exploring stereotypical English obsessions like tea, cricket and the weather.2012, Brian J. Robb, Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions, Minneapolis, M.N.: Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 174

Noun

Chappist (plural Chappists)

  1. One who practices Chappism.
    • But for a moment yesterday, good manners and an upright deportment rose again as the "Chappists", complete with pipes, brogues and gold-topped canes, took a leisurely stroll through the thoroughfares of the capital, indulging in "some languid sauntering and synchronised doffing", as Victor...2003 October 17, Patrick Barkham, “Chaps' assault on banality founders on tide of apathy”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2021
    • As those middle-aged anarchists, the Chappists, tell us, we should all engage in random acts of common courtesy.2004, Magnus C. Granath, Searching for the Promised Land: Basildon and the Pursuit of Happiness, Bexleyheath, Kent: GoldStar Books, →ISBN, page 97

Forms of Chappist

Adjective
comparativemore Chappist
superlativemost Chappist
Noun
pluralChappists

Origin of Chappist

From chap + -ist.

Questions about Chappist

What does Chappist mean?
Chappist means relating to Chappism.
What part of speech is Chappist?
Chappist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Chappist in the dictionary

  1. chappies
  2. chapping
  3. chapping someone's hide
  4. chappish
  5. Chappism
  6. Chappist
  7. Chappists
  8. Chapple
  9. Chapple Vale
  10. Chapples
  11. chappli

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