- Courteous chap - Refined chap - A man well born; one of good family; one above the
condition of a yeoman. - One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man. - One who bears arms, but has no title. - The servant of a man of rank. - A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the
plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies,
etc.