chandler

See also Chandler

English

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Alternative forms

• candler

Etymology

From Old French chandelier, from Medieval Latin candelarius (“a candle-maker; a candlestick”), from the Latin candela (“a candle”); confer the English term candle.

Noun

chandler (plural chandlers)

1. A person who makes or sells candles
2. A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies

   a ship chandler

3. A California variety of pomelo with a smoother skin than many other varieties.

Related terms

• candelabrum
• candela
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandlery

Translations

person who makes or sells candles

Bulgarian: свещар (bg) m. Czech: svíčkař (cs) m. German: Kerzenmacher (de) m., Kerzenmacherin (de) f., Kerzenzieher (de) m., Kerzenzieherin (de) f., Lichtzieher (de) m., Lichtzieherin (de) f.

Icelandic: (vendor of candles) kertasali (is) m., (maker of candles) kertagerðarmaður (is) m. Serbian: svećar m., svećarica f., voskar m., voskarica f. Volapük: (male or female) kandelel (vo), (male) hikandelel (vo), (female) jikandelel (vo)

dealer in provisions or supplies

Icelandic: kaupmaður (is) m., kaupsali (is) m., mangari (is) m., kramari (is) m.

External links

• chandler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• chandler in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911