chapman

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: chap=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

chapman, n. [AS. ceápman; ceáp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.].

•  One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.  [1913 Webster]

  "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."  [1913 Webster]
•  A peddler; a hawker.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chapman, n. (pl. -men) hist. a pedlar.

Etymology

OE ceapman f. ceap barter

ROGET THESAURUS

chapman

Merchant

N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.