chapmanship
nounEtymology From chapman + -ship. Compare German Kaufmannschaft, Dutch koopmanschap, Old Frisian kapenskip (West Frisian keapmanskip).
1
Rare The state, quality, condition, or role of a chapman (dealer, bargainer, tradesman).
- In short, after a great deal of chapmanship, the haberdasher got the fiddle at forty guineas; and a happy man was he, thinking he had made ten guineas by the bargain.1926, John L. Rayner, The Complete Newgate Calendar:
- Related terms
- chapmanhood