English-Thai Dictionary

chapman

N บทกวี  bote-ka-we

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAPMAN

n. 1. A cheapener; one that offers as a purchaser.
Their chapmen they betray.
2. A seller; a market-man.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHAPMAN

Chap "man, n.; pl. Chapmen. Etym: [AS. ceápman; ceáp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

chapman

chap man |ˈCHapmən ˈtʃæpmən | ▶noun ( pl. chapmen ) archaic a peddler. ORIGIN Old English cēapman, from cēap ‘bargaining, trade ’ (see cheap ) + man .

 

Chapman, George

Chap |man |ˈtʃapmən | ( c. 1560 –1634 ), English poet and dramatist. He is chiefly known for his translations of Homer; the complete Iliad and Odyssey were published in 1616.

 

Oxford Dictionary

chapman

chap |man |ˈtʃapmən | ▶noun ( pl. chapmen ) archaic a pedlar. ORIGIN Old English cēapman, from cēap ‘bargaining, trade ’ (see cheap ) + man .

 

Chapman, George

Chap |man |ˈtʃapmən | ( c. 1560 –1634 ), English poet and dramatist. He is chiefly known for his translations of Homer; the complete Iliad and Odyssey were published in 1616.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

chapman

chap man /tʃǽpmən /名詞 複 -men C 〘英史 〙行商人 (｟男女共用 ｠peddler ｟米 ｠, pedlar ｟英 ｠).