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English Dictionary: Chapman by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Chapman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chapman
n
  1. United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
    Synonym(s): Chapman, John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed
  2. archaic term for an itinerant peddler
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chapman \Chap"man\, n.; pl. {Chapmen}. [AS. ce[a0]pman; ce[a0]p
      trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k[94]pman, Dan.
      ki[94]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 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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