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chap⋅man

[chap-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
1. British. a peddler.
2. Archaic. a merchant.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE cēapman (cēap buying and selling + man man 1 ); c. D koopman, G Kaufmann; see cheap


chap⋅man⋅ship, noun
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chap·man   (chāp'mən)   
n.  
  1. Chiefly British A peddler.

  2. Archaic A dealer or merchant.


[Middle English, from Old English cēapman : cēap, trade; see cheap + man, mann, man; see man.]
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