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Chapman
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Chapman has 2 senses
- chapman(n = noun.person) john chapman, johnny appleseed - United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845); Array is a kind of pioneer
- chapman(n = noun.person) Array - archaic term for an itinerant peddler; Array is a kind of hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman
CIDE DICTIONARY
Chapman, n. [AS. ceápman; ceáp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.].
- One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [1913 Webster]"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." [1913 Webster]
- A peddler; a hawker. [1913 Webster]
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Chapman
Merchant
N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.
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