Synonyms for chap


Grammar : Noun
Spell : chap
Phonetic Transcription : tʃæp


Définition of chap

Origin :
  • 1570s, "customer," short for obsolete chapman "purchaser, trader" (see cheap). Colloquial sense of "lad, fellow" is first attested 1716 (cf. slang tough customer).
  • noun gentleman
Example sentences :
  • He can't acquire the gift, and no more can a chap acquire this gift.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • If a chap's not born with the gift he's an ass to think he can acquire it.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I've always been taken with the chap; and I'm very glad you read him correctly.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • There are many such instances in the Bible, as we saw in Chap.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • Many others are found in the course of the work: for instance, in chap.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • Our first point is easily proved from what we showed in Chap.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • It cannot be the same work as that written by Mordecai, for, in chap.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • It is better still in the letter from Walpole to General Conway in chap.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • I must here bespeak special attention for what was said in Chap.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • But this paper is the soap-box of that chap, and his is the only point-of-view that'll be expressed in it.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

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