chapess

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

chap +‎ -ess

Noun

chapess (plural chapesses)

  1. (Britain, informal) A female chap; a woman.
    • 1990, Samuel Gorley Putt, Wings of a Man's Life
      My friends are the undergraduates, chaps and chapesses, and as long as I can pour good wine down their gullets and listen into the small hours […]
    • 2005, James Hawes, Speak for England
      […] so naturally, we simply couldn't afford to have chaps and chapesses tying the knot and then not having babies after all that fuss.
    • 2006, Mark Simpson, Saint Morrissey
      Those revered as saints are usually very peculiar chaps and chapesses who succeeded in refusing life just short of actually killing themselves […]

Usage notes
  • Generally only used in the phrase chaps and chapesses.
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