Chapess
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female chap; a woman. British, informal
"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 […]"
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From chap + -ess.
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