n.; pl.Chapmen [ 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. ] [ 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 ]