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  Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chapman, George  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
chapman
 
SYLLABICATION:chap·man
PRONUNCIATION:  chpmn
NOUN:1. Chiefly British A peddler. 2. Archaic A dealer or merchant.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old English capman : cap, trade; see cheap + man, mann, man; see man.
 
 
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  Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chapman, George  
 
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