chapman
pronunciation
How to pronounce chapman in British English:
UK ['tʃæpmən]
How to pronounce chapman in American English:
US ['tʃæpmən]
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- Noun:
- archaic term for an itinerant peddler
Word Origin
- chapman (n.)
- "peddler, itinerant tradesman," Middle English form of Old English ceapman "tradesman," from West Germanic compound *kaupman- (cognates: Old High German choufman, German Kauffman, Middle Dutch and Dutch koopman), formed with equivalents of man (n.) + West Germanic *kaup- (cognates: Old Saxon cop, Old Frisian kap "trade, purchase," Middle Dutch coop, Dutch koop "trade, market, bargain," kauf "trader," Old English ceap "barter, business; a purchase"), from Proto-Germanic *kaupoz- (cognates: Danish kjøb "purchase, bargain," Old Norse kaup "bargain, pay;" compare also Old Church Slavonic kupiti "to buy," a Germanic loan-word), probably an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caupo (genitive cauponis) "petty tradesman, huckster," which is of unknown origin. Compare also cheap (adj.).
Example
- 1. Ms. chapman 's lawyer voiced similar disbelief .
- 2. He 's fooling himself if he thinks victor chapman is innocent .
- 3. The above scenario as well as the questions was written and posed by dr gary chapman .
- 4. He was murdered at an age of 40 by mark chapman in 1980 just three weeks after his new album was released .
- 5. Ms. chapman had married a british man while living in the u.k. for several years .