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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishchapman,chepman, fromOld Englishċēapmann(“dealer, merchant”), fromProto-West Germanic*kaupamann, equivalent tocheap(noun) +‎man.

Cognate with synonymousWest Frisiankeapman,Dutchkoopman,German Low GermanKoopmann,GermanKaufmann,Swedishköpman.

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chapman (pluralchapmen)

  1. (obsolete) Adealer ormerchant, especially anitinerant one.
    Synonyms:cheapjack(cognate),peddler
    • c.1610,Ben Jonson,The Alchemist,act 3:
      Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew anotherchapman now would buy 'em outright.
    • 1790,Robert Burns,Tam o' Shanter‎[1]:
      Whenchapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An' folk begin to tak the gate
  2. (obsolete) Apurchaser.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishċēapmann, fromProto-West Germanic*kaupamann; equivalent tochep(“price”) +‎man(“man”).

Forms in/i/ may be from the Old English variantċȳpman, presumably influenced by the verbċīepan.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃapman/,/ˈt͡ʃɛpman/,/ˈt͡ʃipman/,(West Midland)/-mɔn/

Noun

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chapman (pluralchapmen)

  1. Amerchant; aseller ofgoods.
  2. (figuratively) Anegotiator ordealer.
  3. (by extension) Apurchaser ofgoods.

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Scots

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishchapman, fromOld Englishcēapmann(“dealer”) (cognate with synonymous GermanKaufmann), fromcēap(“barter, business, dealing”).

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chapman (pluralchapmen)

  1. packman,pedlar
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