chapman

¹

[ chap-muhn ]

noun

, plural chap·men.

1. British. a peddler.
2. Archaic. a merchant.

Chapman

²

[ chap-muhn ]

noun

1. Frank Mich·ler [mik, -ler], 1864–1945, U.S. ornithologist, museum curator, and author.
2. George, 1559–1634, English poet, dramatist, and translator.
3. John. Appleseed, Johnny.

Chapman

¹

/ ˈtʃæpmən /

noun

1. ChapmanGeorge15591634MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poet George 1559–1634, English dramatist and poet, noted for his translation of Homer

chapman

²

/ ˈtʃæpmən /

noun

1. archaic.
   a trader, esp an itinerant pedlar

Derived Forms

• ˈchapmanˌship, noun

Other Words From

• chapman·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapman¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English cēapman ( cēap buying and selling + man man ); cognate with Dutch koopman, German Kaufmann; cheap

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapman¹

Old English cēapman, from cēap buying and selling (see cheap )

Example Sentences

Many times, Chapman said, students have not logged on because neither they nor their parents could figure out how.

From Washington Post

This was one of the two dozen stops Chapman, who works in the school system’s Family and Community Engagement Office, would make, looking on this chilly day in late October for students who had been missing classes.

From Washington Post

Spokesman Kraig Troxell said Chapman decides which option to use on the basis of the circumstances and complexity of a case.

From Washington Post

Customers of IonQ will soon be able to use the new machine in private “beta,” Chapman said.

From Fortune

When it’s time to drop the payload on a fire, Chapman’s goal is to deploy it from about 150 feet off the ground, flying at some 69 miles per hour.

From Popular-Science

MOSCOW—Every now and then I run into Anna Chapman at a nail salon called “Little Fingers” on Potapovsky Avenue in downtown Moscow.

From The Daily Beast

Dressed in a slick black suit, Chapman discovers, say, how people come to be millionaires.

From The Daily Beast

Chapman tweets nothing but quotes from famous politicians and philosophers on her account.

From The Daily Beast

He has played the song on the piano at a charity event and sung it for Russian spy Anna Chapman and her colleagues.

From The Daily Beast

Grace Chapman at Vagenda precisely articulated the problem of getting angry at Women Against Feminism.

From The Daily Beast

The next morning Chapman brought around the car as early as half past eight, when the girls were just finishing breakfast.

From Project Gutenberg

They climbed into the car and Chapman drove out the boulevard and turned into the Parkville road.

From Project Gutenberg

Chapman turned up a hilly road and they came out on a ridge overlooking the fenced-in track.

From Project Gutenberg

Chapman stopped before the office door, and the eager Jessie hopped out.

From Project Gutenberg

Chapman drove the automobile down into Harrimay only ten minutes later.

From Project Gutenberg