Definition/Meaning of chapman

• English - Noun: chapman (plural chapmen) (obsolete) A dealer or merchant , especially an itinerant one. c. 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, act 3: Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright. 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter: When chapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An'…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English chapman , chepman , from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman , Dutch koopman , German Low German Koopmann , German Kaufmann , Swedish köpman .
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈt͡ʃæpmən/
• English - Synonyms: cheapjack peddler
• English - Derived terms: chap shortened form (16th century) chapmanhood chapmanship