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Vinony

Chapman

proper noun

  1. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæpmən/

name

Etymology: From Middle English chapman, chepman, meaning merchant or trader; equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Doublet of Kaufman and Koopman.

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.
  2. A number of places in the United States.
  3. A number of places in the United States.
  4. A number of places in the United States.
  5. A number of places in the United States.
  6. A number of places in the United States.
  7. A number of places in the United States.
  8. A number of places in the United States.
  9. A number of places in the United States.
  10. A number of places in the United States.
  11. A number of places in the United States.
  12. A number of places in the United States.
  13. A number of places in the United States.
  14. A number of places in the United States.
  15. A number of places in the United States.
  16. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.

  1. A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.

    “Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright.”

    “When chapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An' folk begin to tak the gate”

  2. A purchaser.