CHAPMAN

chapman. Chapman, n. one who cheapens or deals in goods

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Chap″man (?), n.; pl. Chapmen (#). [[AS. ceápman; ceáp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.]] 1. 1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.
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. T. Fuller. 2. 2. A peddler; a hawker.