Chapman Definition

chăpmən
chapmen
noun
A trader or peddler.
Webster's New World
A dealer or merchant.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun
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Other Word Forms of Chapman

Noun

Singular:
chapman
Plural:
chapmen

Origin of Chapman

  • From Old English cēapmann (“dealer”) (cognate with synonymous German Kaufmann, Middle Low German kopman, Swedish köpman), from cēap (“barter, business, dealing”) (whence also cheap) and mann (“man”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English cēapman cēap trade cheap man, mann man man

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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