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Chapman
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from O. Eng. ceap, and Mid. Eng. cheap, to barter, cf. "Cheapside" in London, and Ger. Kaufmann), one who buys or sells, a trader or dealer, especially an itinerant pedlar. The word "chap," now a slang term, meant originally a customer.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Chapman'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/chapman.html. 1910.