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Chapmen

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chap⋅man

  [chap-muhn]
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–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

Related forms:
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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