'Chapmen' definitions:

Definition of 'Chapmen'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A peddler; a hawker. [1913 Webster]