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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
chapman (plural chapmen)
- (obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
- 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[1]:
- When chapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An' folk begin to tak the gate
- (obsolete) A purchaser.
Derived terms[edit]
- chap, shortened form (16th century)
- chapmanhood
- chapmanship
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chapman”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- chapman (occupation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English cēapmann (“dealer”) (cognate with synonymous German Kaufmann), from cēap (“barter, business, dealing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chapman (plural chapmen)
- packman, pedlar
- 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:
- When chapman billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors, meet
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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