An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CHAPMAN
chapman
(noun) archaic term for an itinerant peddler
Chapman, John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed
(noun) United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Chapman
An English occupational surname for a merchant.
Etymology
Noun
chapman (plural chapmen)
(obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
Synonym: peddler
(obsolete) A purchaser.
Source: Wiktionary
Chap"man, n.; pl. Chapmen. Etym: [AS. ceápman; ceáp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.]
1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [Obs.] The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it. T. Fuller.
2. A peddler; a hawker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
10 May 2025
BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
Coffee Trivia
