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chap⋅man
[chap-muh
n] 
–noun, plural -men.
| 1. | British. a peddler. |
| 2. | Archaic. a merchant. |
Chap⋅man
[chap-muhn] –noun
| 1. | Frank Mich⋅ler [mik-ler] , 1864–1945, U.S. ornithologist, museum curator, and author. |
| 2. | George, 1559–1634, English poet, dramatist, and translator. |
| 3. | John. Appleseed, Johnny. |
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| chap·man (chāp'mən) n.
[Middle English, from Old English cēapman : cēap, trade; see cheap + man, mann, man; see man.] |
| Chap·man (chāp'mən) English writer, dramatist, and translator noted for his translations of Homer's Iliad (1598-1611) and Odyssey (1616). |
| Chapman, John Known as Johnny Ap·ple·seed (āp'əl-sēd') American pioneer and subject of many legends. He traveled widely in the Ohio River valley, planting apple seeds and pruning apple trees. |
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Chapman
Chap"man\, n.; pl. Chapmen. [AS. ce['a]pman; ce['a]p trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k["o]pman, Dan. ki["o]pmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.]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.
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