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CHAPMAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Archaic term for an itinerant peddler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chapman" is a kind of...):

hawker; packman; peddler; pedlar; pitchman (someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals))

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)

Synonyms:

Chapman; John Chapman; Johnny Appleseed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

pioneer (one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory)

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 Context examples: 

Not but that she was really pleased to have Fanny admired; but she was so much more struck with her own kindness in sending Chapman to her, that she could not get it out of her head.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)