chandler

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links

[edit] English

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• candler

[edit] Etymology

From Old French chandelier < Mediaeval Latin candelarius (“‘a candle-maker, also a candlestick’”) < Latin candela (“‘a candle’”); see candle.

[edit] 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

[edit] Related terms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

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