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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A tradesman; a dealer; a merchant. obsolete

   "He would have sold his part of paradise / For ready money, had he met a cope-man."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

chapman

Example

More examples

"He would have sold his part of paradise / For ready money, had he met a cope-man."

Etymology

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

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