Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chiefly British A peddler.
- noun Archaic A dealer or merchant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A merchant; a trader; a dealer.
- noun An itinerant merchant; a peddler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.
- noun A peddler; a hawker.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete a
dealer ormerchant , especially anitinerant one
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
- noun archaic term for an itinerant peddler
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Saxon word chapman means a chapman, marketman, merchant, monger or cheapner.
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The "chapman" of the town was the step-father of Cole, the Oxford proctor: to this person, whose name was Master Wilkyns, the proctor had written a special letter, in addition to the commissary's circular; and the family connection acting as
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856
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The current bunch of republican fools are completely delusional. sonny chapman
Steele: Expect Republicans to raise questions about Kagan 2010
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To just say NO, is a political game that proves the Republican Party is the Grand Obstructionist Party. sonny chapman
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To just say NO, is a political game that proves the Republican Party is the Grand Obstructionist Party. sonny chapman
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C'mon GOP ... think of something CONSTRUCTIVE for once sonny chapman
GOP Attorney General uses health care lawsuit in campaign ad 2010
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Then we would know who they are and they would pay taxes and many would go back home when the season is over? sonny chapman
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NO NO NO will be their reply, as always sonny chapman
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VOTE JOE SESTAK ... the real Democrat in the race sonny chapman
Kerry endorses in PA despite spectre of 'swift boat' tactics 2010
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They would probably accomplish about as much as the SEC employees in terms of legitimate work, and at least if we caught them on a site such as BannanaParty. com it would just be an honest mistake. sonny chapman
knitandpurl commented on the word chapman
"A chapman at a standard hatstand can hawk panama hats, canvas caps and tartan tams."
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 20
May 20, 2010