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Chapman
Pronunciation : Chap"man
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [AS. ce?pman; ce?p trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k?pman, Dan. ki?pmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.]
Definition : 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.
pl. Chapmen.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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