different between chapman vs businessman

English

Etymology

From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ??apmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, from Proto-Germanic *kaupamann-, equivalent to cheap (noun) +? man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æpm?n/

Noun

chapman (plural chapmen)

1. (obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.

   Synonym: peddler
2. (obsolete) A purchaser.

Derived terms

• chap, shortened form (16th century)

Related terms

• chapbook

Further reading

• “chapman”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• chapman (occupation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Etymology

From Old English c?apmann (“dealer”) (cognate with synonymous German Kaufmann), from c?ap (“barter, business, dealing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?apman/

Noun

chapman (plural chapmans)

1. packman, pedlar

English

Etymology

From business +? -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin merc?ns (“merchant, buyer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?zn?sm?n/, /?b?zn?sm?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?zn?smæn/, /?b?zn?sm?n/

Noun

businessman (plural businessmen)

1. A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

   Synonym: (gender-neutral) businessperson

Descendants

• ? French: businessman
• ? Polish: biznesmen
• ? Russian: ?????????? (biznesmén)
  • ? Armenian: ????????? (biznesmen)

Translations

See also

• entrepreneur

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English businessman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biz.n?s.man/

Noun

businessman m (plural businessmen or businessmans, feminine businesswoman)

1. businessman

Further reading

• “businessman” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).