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Webster 1913 Edition

Chapman

Chap′man

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Chapmen
(#)
.
[AS.
ceápman
;
ceáp
trade +
man
man; akin to D.
koopman
, Sw.
köpman
, Dan.
kiöpmand
, G.
kaufmann
.f.
Chap
to cheapen, and see
Cheap
.]
1.
One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.
[Obs.]
The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those
chapmen
who are unwilling to buy it.
T. Fuller.
2.
A peddler; a hawker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chapman

CHAPMAN

,
Noun.
1.
A cheapener; one that offers as a purchaser.
Their chapmen they betray.
2.
A seller; a market-man.

Definition 2025

Chapman

Chapman

See also: chapman

English

Proper noun

Chapman

  1. An English occupational surname​ for a merchant.

Derived terms

chapman

chapman

See also: Chapman

English

Noun

chapman ‎(plural chapmen)

  1. (obsolete) a dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one

Derived terms

  • chap, shortened form (16th century)

Scots

Etymology

From Old English cēapmann ‎(“dealer”) (cognate with synonymous German Kaufmann), from cēap ‎(“barter, business, dealing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʃapman]

Noun

chapman ‎(plural chapmans)

  1. packman, pedlar

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtʃæpmən/

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