chandler
a person who makes or sells candles and sometimes other items of tallow or wax, as soap.
a dealer or trader in supplies, provisions, etc., of a specialized type: a ship chandler.
a retailer of provisions, groceries, etc.
Origin of chandler
1Other definitions for Chandler (2 of 2)
Charles Frederick, 1836–1925, U.S. scientist, educator, and public-health expert.
Raymond (Thornton), 1888–1959, U.S. writer of detective novels.
a town in central Arizona.
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How to use chandler in a sentence
The first Sprouts Farmers Market store, advertising healthy living for less, opened in Chandlers, Arizona, in 2002.
Wall Street Gets Punked Again With Sprouts Farmers Market IPO | Daniel Gross | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn all the best French towns, the tradesmen have more the air of chandlers than of great dealers.
When the Chandlers went down in the world it was taken on lease by the Miss Dennets, two steady middle-aged sisters.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodI next had recourse to the ship-brokers and ship-chandlers, but from none of them could I gain any information.
Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. KingstonWhat ancestors did his lordship say that envious tongues would give us—tallow-chandlers?
The Chaplain of the Fleet | Walter Besant and James Rice
The latters salary, with fees, the rent of the tap and of the chandlers shop, amounted to about 600 a year.
The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2 | Arthur Griffiths
British Dictionary definitions for chandler (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtʃɑːndlə) /
a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise: corn chandler; ship's chandler
a person who makes or sells candles
British obsolete a retailer of grocery provisions; shopkeeper
Origin of chandler
1British Dictionary definitions for Chandler (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtʃɑːndlə) /
Raymond (Thornton). 1888–1959, US thriller writer: created Philip Marlowe, one of the first detective heroes in fiction
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