Chapman's

chap·man

[chap-muhn]

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English cēapman (cēap buying and selling + man man1); cognate with Dutch koopman, German Kaufmann; see cheap

chap·man·ship, noun
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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.
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chapman (ˈtʃæpmən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
archaic a trader, esp an itinerant pedlar
 
[Old English cēapman, from cēap buying and selling (see cheap)]
 
'chapmanship
 
n

Chapman (ˈtʃæpmən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
George 1559--1634, English dramatist and poet, noted for his translation of Homer

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