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chapman

chap·man
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [chap-muh n]
    • /ˈtʃæp mən/
    • /ˈʧæpmən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [chap-muh n]
    • /ˈtʃæp mən/

Definitions of chapman word

  • noun chapman a trader, esp an itinerant pedlar 3
  • noun chapman George 1559–1634, English dramatist and poet, noted for his translation of Homer 3
  • noun chapman George1559?-1634; Eng. poet, playwright, & translator of Homer 3
  • noun chapman a trader or peddler 3
  • noun plural chapman British. a peddler. 1
  • noun plural chapman Archaic. a merchant. 1

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Origin of chapman

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English cēapman (cēap buying and selling + man man1); cognate with Dutch koopman, German Kaufmann; see cheap

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Parts of speech for Chapman

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

chapman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

chapman usage trend in Literature

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