chapman
nounattested in dialogue
- //ˈt͡ʃæpmən//
A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA 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
obsoleteA purchaser.
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.
Forms
- plural
- chapmen
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