chapmanhood

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noun

The activity or business of a chapman (merchant, peddler); trading, bargaining.

OriginMiddle English chapmanhode →
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Meanings

nounchapmanhood (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe 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

  1. Middle Englishchapmanhode
  2. Englishchapmanhood

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

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APA

chapmanhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapmanhood

MLA

“chapmanhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapmanhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chapmanhood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapmanhood.

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