Noun: chapman
| Singular | chapman |
| Plural | chapmen |
Sample Sentences
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Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright. [c. 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, act 3:]
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When chapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An' folk begin to tak the gate [1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:]
Nouns inflected like chapman
whipman,
slaughterman,
seaman,
sawman,
saxman,
sanman,
headswoman,
kettleman,
given man,
skyman,
Manilaman,
boogyman,
brotherman,
beadman,
transgentleman,
baggageman,
first gentleman,
bedeman,
boothman,
hackneyman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man.
2. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman. See: Middle English Nouns '
chapman', Old English Nouns '
ċēapmann', Dutch Nouns '
koopman', German Nouns '
Kaufmann', Swedish Nouns '
köpman'.
Verbs referencing "chapman"
Icelandic Nouns
kaupmaður, Danish Nouns
købmand.