Advertisement

Advertisement

chapman

1

[ chap-muhn ]

noun

, plural chap·men.
  1. British. a peddler.
  2. Archaic. a merchant.


Chapman

2

[ 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.

Chapman

1

/ ˈtʃæpmən /

noun

  1. ChapmanGeorge15591634MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poet George 1559–1634, English dramatist and poet, noted for his translation of Homer


chapman

2

/ ˈtʃæpmən /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a trader, esp an itinerant pedlar

Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ˈchapmanˌship, noun

Discover More

Other Words From

  • chapman·ship noun

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapman1

before 900; Middle English; Old English cēapman ( cēap buying and selling + man man ); cognate with Dutch koopman, German Kaufmann; cheap

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapman1

Old English cēapman, from cēap buying and selling (see cheap )

Discover More

Example Sentences

MOSCOW—Every now and then I run into Anna Chapman at a nail salon called “Little Fingers” on Potapovsky Avenue in downtown Moscow.

Dressed in a slick black suit, Chapman discovers, say, how people come to be millionaires.

Chapman tweets nothing but quotes from famous politicians and philosophers on her account.

He has played the song on the piano at a charity event and sung it for Russian spy Anna Chapman and her colleagues.

Grace Chapman at Vagenda precisely articulated the problem of getting angry at Women Against Feminism.

The next morning Chapman brought around the car as early as half past eight, when the girls were just finishing breakfast.

They climbed into the car and Chapman drove out the boulevard and turned into the Parkville road.

Chapman turned up a hilly road and they came out on a ridge overlooking the fenced-in track.

Chapman stopped before the office door, and the eager Jessie hopped out.

Chapman drove the automobile down into Harrimay only ten minutes later.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


ChaplinesqueChapman Stick