Chase

See also: chase and čhase

Translingual

Proper noun

Chase

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs
• Homophone: chase

Proper noun

Chase (countable and uncountable, plural Chases)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname from a Middle English nickname for a hunter.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
   • 2024 October 21, Devan Cole, “ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “Chase Strangio is our nation’s leading legal expert on the rights of transgender people, bar none,” said Cecillia Wang, the ACLU’s legal director.

   • 2025 June 18, John Fritze and Devan Cole, “Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s historic decision on transgender care”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     “We’re in a moment in this country where transgender people in this country are under attack in lawless ways,” said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who represented transgender teens at the high court.

3. A placename
   1. A village and river in British Columbia, Canada.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Alabama.
      2. A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
      3. An unincorporated community in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana.
      4. A city in Rice County, Kansas.
      5. An unincorporated community in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
      7. A township in Lake County, Michigan.
      8. A census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
      9. A town and unincorporated community in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
   3. Ellipsis of Chase County.

Derived terms

• Chase County

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 切斯, 蔡斯 (Càisī)

• Marathi: चेझ (cejh)

Anagrams

• Chaes, Cheas, HACEs, aches, e-cash, ecash