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Chapin

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* As a Spanish and French surname, from the noun chapín (“type of overshoe”).

* As an English surname, variant of Chopin, also found as the variants Chopping, Chappin.

proper noun Chapins

A surname. Chapin met Nixon during his third year at USC. A year later, H.R. Halderman recruited Chapin to work on Nixon’s 1962 unsuccessful California gubernatorial campaign, and Chapin brought Segretti, and Ziegler along.

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"Chapin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chapin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chapin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chapin

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"Chapin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chapin.

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@misc{chapin_2026,
  title = {Chapin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chapin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}