Meanings
copeman1
nouncopeman (plural copemen)
plural copemen
- obsoleteA 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
Copeman2
proper noun
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tradesman; a dealer; a merchant.
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Origin
From Dutch koopman, from koopen (“to buy”). See cope, chapman.
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APA
copeman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copeman
MLA
“copeman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copeman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copeman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copeman.
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