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71chap|book — «CHAP BUK», noun. a small book or pamphlet of popular tales, ballads, or the like, formerly sold on the streets. ╂[< chapmen, who sold them] …
72chap|el-mas|ter — «CHAP uhl MAS tuhr», noun. the director of a choir or orchestra, as of a royal chapel …
73chap|er|one — chap|er|on or chap|er|one «SHAP uh rohn», noun, verb, oned, on|ing. –n. 1. a married woman or an older woman who accompanies a young girl or unmarried woman in public for the sake of good form and protection. SYNONYM(S): duenna. 2. an older… …
74chap|fall|en — «CHOP F luhn, CHAP », adjective. dejected, discouraged, or humiliated: »The press applauded, the critics subsided chapfallen (Time). SYNONYM(S): dispirited, crestfallen. Also, chopfallen …
75chap|i|ter — «CHAP uh tuhr», noun. the capital of a column, pillar, or pilaster. ╂[< Old French chapitre. See etym. of doublet chapter. (Cf. ↑chapter)] …
76chap|lain|cy — «CHAP luhn see», noun, plural cies. the position of a chaplain …
77chap|let|ed — «CHAP luh tihd», adjective. wearing a wreath on the head: »chapleted nymphs …
78chap|let — «CHAP liht», noun. 1. a wreath worn on the head, usually a garland of flowers or leaves, but also of gold, precious stones, or the like; circlet; coronal. 2. a string of beads. 3. in the Roman Catholic Church: a) a string of beads for keeping… …
79Chap|lin|esque — «CHAP luh NEHSK», adjective. characteristic or suggestive of the comic acting in silent motion pictures of Charles Chaplin (1889 1977) …
80chap|man — «CHAP muhn», noun, plural men. 1. British. an itinerant dealer or trader; hawker; peddler. 2. Archaic. a man whose business is buying and selling; merchant; trader; dealer. ╂[Old English c …
