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chapman.

A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃæpmən/
  1. A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.

    obsolete
  2. A purchaser.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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