chapman

n.

1. Chiefly British. A peddler.
2. Archaic. A dealer or merchant.

[Middle English, from Old English cēapman : cēap, trade; see cheap + man, mann, man; see man.]

(CHAP-man)

noun
A peddler; a merchant.

Etymology
From Old English ceapman, from ceap (trade, bargain), from Latin caupo (shopkeeper or innkeeper) + man. The German equivalent is Kaufmann, Dutch koopman

Usage
"Chapmen, for example, circulated around the country on more or less regular routes." — Adrian Johns; The Nature of the Book; University of Chicago Press; 1998.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: archaic term for an itinerant peddler

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