CHAPMEN

Noun

chapmen

plural of chapman

Source: Wiktionary


CHAPMAN

Chap"man, n.; pl. Chapmen. Etym: [AS. ceƔpman; ceƔp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. kƶpman, Dan. kiƶpmand, 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



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