单词 | copeman |
释义 | copemancopesmann.1 archaic. 1. A chapman, merchant, dealer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] mongereOE chapmanc890 haberdasher1311 need doera1382 handlera1398 unfreeman1445 occupier1509 taker-up1548 trafficker1560 pliers1565 copeman1566 trader1566 copemaster1579 couper1581 drover1585 negotiator1596 merchandiser1597 coper1609 dealer1611 commercer1632 market-maker1647 general dealer1709 negotianta1774 outfitter1829 man- α. β. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. Hv He would haue sold his part of Paradise For ready money, had he met a Cope-man . View more context for this quotation1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 86 When the Copemen arrive in the harbours to sell their goods from the Vessel.1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxxv. f. 73v And hauyng founde a copesman, for his greate barque: with the money therof, and with other..he bought a small pinnas. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Marchand, a merchant, a chapman, a copesman. 1581 Apol. or Def. Prince William sig. M3v There is..no Countrey, wherein they are not counted, for inconstant people, and great coopes men. 2. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iii. 120 The Copemen or the Receivers of stolen goods on the shores of the river. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iii. 172 The Copemen provide Bags, Jiggers, Bladders..the Plunder goes on to a great extent in the night. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : cope-mann.2 < n.11566 see also |
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