page_title: Chapman (surname)
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hierarchical_section_title: Chapman (surname) / M
caption_attribution_description: Maria Weston Chapman (1806–1885)
context_page_description: Chapman is an English surname derived from the Old English occupational name céapmann “marketman, monger, merchant”, from the verb céapan, cypan “to buy or sell” and the noun form ceap "barter, business; a purchase." Alternate spellings include Caepmon, Cepeman, Chepmon, Cypman, and Shapman.
  The Oxford English Dictionary supplies four meanings for chapman, all of which pertain to buying and selling: 1) A man whose business was buying and selling; 2) an itinerant dealer who travels, also known as a hawker or peddler; 3) an agent in a commercial transaction; 4) a purchaser or customer. The OED includes a citation of an English ordinance or decree that dates from 1553, during the reign of Edward VI: "No Tinker, Peddler, or petit Chapman shall wander about from the Towne but such as shall be licensed by two Justices of Peace." According to a list of colonial occupations, a chapman is a peddler or dealer of goods, usually itinerant, going from village to village. The related word chapbook is a later coinage from the 19th century which appears to refer to the fact that chapbooks were very cheaply made.
context_section_description: Margaret Chapman (1940–2000), British illustrator and painter
  Marguerite Chapman (1918–1999), American actress
  Maria Weston Chapman (1806–1885), American abolitionist
  Mark Chapman (broadcaster) (born 1973), British radio sports newsreader and DJ
  Mark David Chapman (born 1955), American assassin of former Beatle John Lennon
  Mark Lindsay Chapman (born 1954), English film and television actor
  Marshall Chapman (born 1949), American country rock singer-songwriter
  Mary Chapman, British Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute
  Matt Chapman (The Brothers Chaps), duo responsible for the creation of the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons
  Matthew Chapman (author) (born 1950), British journalist, screenwriter and director; also great-great grandson of Charles Darwin
  Meyrick Chapman, English Olympian
  Michael Chapman (bassoonist) (1934–2005), British bassoonist
  Michael Chapman (born 1941), British guitarist and singer-songwriter
  Michael Chapman (cinematographer) (born 1935), American cinematographer
  Michael Chapman (lawyer), American, legal adviser to the Office of Military Commissions, in Guantanamo
  Michael Chapman (Missouri politician), American Director of Homeland Security for Missouri
  Michelle Chapman (known as Tori Black, born 1988), American pornographic actress
  Mike Chapman, Australian record producer and songwriter
  Mike Chapman (The Brothers Chaps), duo responsible for the creation of the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons
  Minerva J. Chapman (1858–1947), American painter
  Mitchell Chapman (born 1983), Australian Rugby Union player
caption: Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist
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