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Chapman

name
/ˈt͡ʃæpmən/US

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.

  1. inherited from *kaupamann✻
  2. inherited from ċēapmann — “dealer, merchant”
  3. inherited from chapman

Definitions

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.

  2. A number of places in the United States.

  3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.

      • Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright.
      • 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. A purchaser.

The neighborhood

Derived

chap, shortened form (16th century), chapmanhood, chapmanship

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA