"chapman" meaning in English

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      "word": "shortened form (16th century)"
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      "word": "chapmanhood"
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        "3": "ċēapmann",
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      },
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        "3": "*kaupamann"
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "cheap",
        "3": "man",
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      "expansion": "cheap (noun) + man",
      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "keapman"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian keapman",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "koopman"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch koopman",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Koopmann"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Koopmann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kaufmann"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kaufmann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "köpman"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish köpman",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.",
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    {
      "form": "chapmen",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chapbook"
    }
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        {
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          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, act 3:",
          "text": "Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:",
          "text": "When chapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An' folk begin to tak the gate",
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        "A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one."
      ],
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          "dealer",
          "dealer"
        ],
        [
          "merchant",
          "merchant"
        ],
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          "itinerant",
          "itinerant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "cognate",
          "word": "cheapjack"
        },
        {
          "word": "peddler"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A purchaser."
      ],
      "id": "en-chapman-en-noun-ZDKYKHQJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "purchaser",
          "purchaser"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A purchaser."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃæpmən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chapman"
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
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      "word": "chap"
    },
    {
      "word": "shortened form (16th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "chapmanhood"
    },
    {
      "word": "chapmanship"
    }
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      "name": "af"
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      "expansion": "West Frisian keapman",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "koopman"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch koopman",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Koopmann"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Koopmann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kaufmann"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kaufmann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "köpman"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish köpman",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.",
  "forms": [
    {
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "chapbook"
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, act 3:",
          "text": "Done. They are gone: the sum is here in bank, my Face. I would we knew another chapman now would buy 'em outright.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:",
          "text": "When chapmen billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors meet, / As market days are wearing late, / An' folk begin to tak the gate",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one."
      ],
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          "dealer",
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        [
          "merchant",
          "merchant"
        ],
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          "itinerant",
          "itinerant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one."
      ],
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          "alt": "cognate",
          "word": "cheapjack"
        },
        {
          "word": "peddler"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "A purchaser."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A purchaser."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃæpmən/"
    }
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  "word": "chapman"
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