Chapman

proper nounattested in dialogue

United States//ˈt͡ʃæpmən//

An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.

proper noun

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An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Alabama.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A neighbourhood of Pasadena, California.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Illinois.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A township in Clay County, Kansas.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A township and village therein, in Merrick County, Nebraska.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A township in Saunders County, Nebraska.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. A township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia.
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A placename: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Etymology

From Middle English chapman, chepman, meaning merchant or trader; equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Doublet of Kaufman and Koopman.

Forms

plural: Chapmans

chaplin · Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils…Chaplin · A surname originating as an occupation.chapman · A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.

Chapman · An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.

chaps · Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.chapter · One of the main sections into which a published work is…char · To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.

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