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chapmanship

chapmanship noun: the state, quality, condition, or role of a chapman (dealer, bargainer, tradesman).

Noun

chapmanship (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state, quality, condition, or role of a chapman (dealer, bargainer, tradesman).
    • In short, after a great deal of chapmanship, the haberdasher got the fiddle at forty guineas; and a happy man was he, thinking he had made ten guineas by the bargain.1926, John L. Rayner, The Complete Newgate Calendar

Origin of chapmanship

From chapman + -ship. Compare German Kaufmannschaft, Dutch koopmanschap, Old Frisian kapenskip (West Frisian keapmanskip).

Questions about chapmanship

What does chapmanship mean?
Chapmanship means the state, quality, condition, or role of a chapman (dealer, bargainer, tradesman).
What part of speech is chapmanship?
Chapmanship is a noun.

Words near chapmanship in the dictionary

  1. Chapman-Robbins bound
  2. Chapman-Robbins bounds
  3. chapmanhood
  4. chapmanite
  5. chapmanites
  6. chapmanship
  7. Chapmanslade
  8. chapmen
  9. chapo
  10. Chapoo
  11. chapos

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