CHAPMAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Archaic term for an itinerant peddler

Classified under:

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)

Credits

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.