chapman

Meaning

Noun

• A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
• A purchaser.

Origin

• From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann, from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, from Proto-Germanic *kaupamann-, equivalent to cheap + man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.