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Chapman¹

  • /ˈt͡ʃæpmən/ US

Where it comes from

* From Middle English chapman, chepman, meaning merchant or trader; equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Doublet of Kaufman and Koopman.

* (golf game): Named after American amateur golfer Dick Chapman, who collaborated with the USGA in devising the system.

proper noun Chapmans

  1. countable, uncountable An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.
  2. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Butler County, Alabama.
  3. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Pasadena, California.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Illinois.
  5. countable, uncountable A township in Clay County, Kansas.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana.
  9. countable, uncountable A township and village therein, in Merrick County, Nebraska.
  10. countable, uncountable A township in Saunders County, Nebraska.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
  12. countable, uncountable A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
  13. countable, uncountable A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
  14. countable, uncountable A township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia.
  16. countable, uncountable A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

noun

  1. uncountable A kind of foursomes; a combination of alternate shot and fourball.

chapman²

  • /ˈt͡ʃæpmən/

Where it 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.

noun chapmen

  1. obsolete A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one. Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright.

    Similar: cheapjack, peddler

  2. obsolete A purchaser.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: howden, andrews, huston, andresen, cmhc, seller, peddler, pedlar, hawker, huckster, vendor, salesman, dealer, trader, merchant, salesperson

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Chicago

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@misc{chapman_2026,
  title = {chapman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chapman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}