Definition of John Chapman

1. Noun. United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845).

Exact synonyms: Chapman, Johnny Appleseed
Generic synonyms: Pioneer

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Chapman

John Barth
John Bartlett
John Bernoulli
John Berry Hobbs
John Birks Gillespie
John Broadus Watson
John Brown
John Bull
John Bunyan
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
John Burgoyne
John C. Fremont
John Cabot
John Cage
John Calvin
John Chapman (current term)
John Charles Fremont
John Cheever
John Chrysostom
John Churchill
John Ciardi
John Constable
John Copley
John D. Rockefeller
John Dalton
John Davis
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davys
John Deere
John Dewey

Literary usage of John Chapman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1850)
"ROBERT CHAPMAN was married at Seabrook to Ann Blith, the 29th of April), Anno, 1642. Children—John Chapman, born the beginning of Jully, Anno, '44; ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Rent-Day, Sir David Wilkie, John Chapman (?). at left ; at right, a table with several persons eating ..."

3. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American by Whitfield Jenks Bell (1997)
"John Chapman, a young country physician of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was elected a ... 1 John Chapman, Biographical File (Bucks Co. Hist. Soc. ..."

4. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke, Bernard Burke (1844)
"SIR John Chapman. km. son of Jasper Chapman, of Ku»bery,in Shropshire, wan an eminent merchant and alderman of London, of which city he ..."

5. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1904)
"John Chapman. NOTE.—Through the courtesy of the Editor I am allowed to append a note to the proof-sheets of Dom Chapman's Paper, which I have read with much ..."

6. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Joseph Warren Chapman, Marblehead (Mass.) (1904)
"LEE, Susanna, and John Chapman, Jan. 1o, 1796.* Thomas, and Meriam Lewis, May 22, 1759. c. R. 3. Thomas, and Mary Lavender, May 7, 1761. c. R. 3. ..."

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