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copeman

/ˈkoʊpmən/

copeman noun: a tradesman; a dealer; a merchant.

Noun

copeman (plural copemen)

  1. (obsolete) A tradesman; a dealer; a merchant.
    • He would have sold his part of paradise / For ready money, had he met a cope-man.1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page)
    Synonyms:
    chapman

Proper noun capitalized: Copeman

Copeman

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of copeman

Forms of copeman

pluralcopemen

Origin of copeman

From Dutch koopman, from koopen (“to buy”). See cope, chapman.

Questions about copeman

What does copeman mean?
Copeman means a tradesman; a dealer; a merchant.
What part of speech is copeman?
Copeman can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce copeman?
Copeman is pronounced /ˈkoʊpmən/.
What is the plural of copeman?
The plural of copeman is copemen.

Words near copeman in the dictionary

  1. Copeland-Erdős constant
  2. Copelin
  3. Copelins
  4. copellation
  5. copels
  6. copeman
  7. copemate
  8. copemates
  9. copemen
  10. copen
  11. copending

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