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chapmanhood

chapmanhood noun: the activity or business of a chapman (merchant, peddler); trading, bargaining.

Noun

chapmanhood (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The activity or business of a chapman (merchant, peddler); trading, bargaining.
    • Were it for chapmanhood or for disport,
      No other message would they thither send,
      But come themselves to Rome,
      this is the end; […]1392, 1835 (translated), Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Charles Cowden Clarke, The riches of Chaucer, page 148

Origin of chapmanhood

From Middle English chapmanhode, chapmanhede, equivalent to chapman + -hood.

Questions about chapmanhood

What does chapmanhood mean?
Chapmanhood means the activity or business of a chapman (merchant, peddler); trading, bargaining.
What part of speech is chapmanhood?
Chapmanhood is a noun.

Words near chapmanhood in the dictionary

  1. Chapman's antshrike
  2. Chapman's antshrikes
  3. Chapman's zebra
  4. Chapman-Robbins bound
  5. Chapman-Robbins bounds
  6. chapmanhood
  7. chapmanite
  8. chapmanites
  9. chapmanship
  10. Chapmanslade
  11. chapmen

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