chapman

[chap-muh n] /ˈtʃæp mən/
noun, plural chapmen.
1.
British. a peddler.
2.
Archaic. a merchant.
Origin
before 900; Middle English; Old English cēapman (cēap buying and selling + man man1); cognate with Dutch koopman, German Kaufmann; see cheap
Related forms
chapmanship, noun

Chapman

[chap-muh n] /ˈtʃæp mən/
noun
1.
Frank Michler
[mik-ler] /ˈmɪk lər/ (Show IPA),
1864–1945, U.S. ornithologist, museum curator, and author.
2.
George, 1559–1634, English poet, dramatist, and translator.
3.
Examples from the web for chapman
  • This is also the hometown of jessica chapman, the soon to be famous artist.
  • chapman was well educated and was a meticulous dresser, suave and urbane.
  • The word chapman probably comes from the anglosaxon word for barter, buy and sell.
British Dictionary definitions for chapman

chapman

/ˈtʃæpmən/
noun (pl) -men
1.
(archaic) a trader, esp an itinerant pedlar
Derived Forms
chapmanship, noun
Word Origin
Old English cēapman, from cēap buying and selling (see cheap)

Chapman

/ˈtʃæpmən/
noun
1.
George 1559–1634, English dramatist and poet, noted for his translation of Homer
Word Origin and History for chapman
n.

"peddler, itinerant tradesman," Middle English form of Old English ceapman "tradesman," from West Germanic compound *kaupman- (cf. Old High German choufman, German Kauffman, Middle Dutch and Dutch koopman), formed with equivalents of man (n.) + West Germanic *kaup- (cf. Old Saxon cop, Old Frisian kap "trade, purchase," Middle Dutch coop, Dutch koop "trade, market, bargain," kauf "trader," Old English ceap "barter, business; a purchase"), from Proto-Germanic *kaupoz- (cf. Danish kjøb "purchase, bargain," Old Norse kaup "bargain, pay;" cf. also Old Church Slavonic kupiti "to buy," a Germanic loan-word), probably an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caupo (genitive cauponis) "petty tradesman, huckster," of unknown origin. Cf. also cheap (adj.).