copeman

A tradesman; a dealer; a merchant.

Noun

  1. A 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,...

    Synonyms: chapman

Origin

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

Forms

copemen