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   Chapman , n.; pl. Chapmen . [AS. ceápman; ceáp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.]
   One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [Obs.]
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   The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it.
   T. Fuller.
   
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   A peddler; a hawker.
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