Chappist

English

Etymology

From chap +‎ -ist.

Adjective

Chappist (comparative more Chappist, superlative most Chappist)

1. Relating to Chappism.
   • 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:

     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.

Noun

Chappist (plural Chappists)

1. One who practices Chappism.
   • 2003 October 17, Patrick Barkham, “Chaps’ assault on banality founders on tide of apathy”, in The Times‎^[1], London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 August 2021:

     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 Darkwood, co-founder of The Chap periodical, put it.

   • 2004, Magnus C. Granath, Searching for the Promised Land: Basildon and the Pursuit of Happiness, Bexleyheath, Kent: GoldStar Books, →ISBN, page 97:

     As those middle-aged anarchists, the Chappists, tell us, we should all engage in random acts of common courtesy.