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. One who
buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [Obs.] 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.
A peddler; a hawker.
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