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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chapman  \Chap"man\,  n.;  pl  {Chapmen}.  [AS.  ce['a]pman;  ce['a]p 
  trade  +  man  man;  akin  to  D.  koopman  Sw  k["o]pman,  Dan. 
  ki["o]pmand,  G.  kaufmann.f.  {Chap}  to  cheapen,  and  see 
  {Cheap}.] 
  1.  One  who  buys  and  sells;  a  merchant;  a  buyer  or  a  seller. 
  [Obs.] 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  A  peddler;  a  hawker. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  chapman 
  n  :  archaic  term  for  an  itinerant  peddler 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Chapman,  KS  (city,  FIPS  12550) 
  Location:  38.97176  N,  97.02064  W 
  Population  (1990):  1264  (524  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  67431 
  Chapman,  NE  (village,  FIPS  8780) 
  Location:  41.02286  N,  98.15965  W 
  Population  (1990):  292  (130  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  68827 
  Chapman,  PA  (borough,  FIPS  12656) 
  Location:  40.75918  N,  75.40148  W 
  Population  (1990):  254  (92  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.0  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 




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