chapman

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English

Etymology

From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) +‎ man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.

Pronunciation

Noun

chapman (plural chapmen)

  1. (obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
    Synonyms: cheapjack (cognate), peddler
    • c. 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, act 3:
      Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright.
    • 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter‎:
      When chapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An' folk begin to tak the gate
  2. (obsolete) A purchaser.

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Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chapman (plural chapmen)

  1. packman, pedlar
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