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.
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.
a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise
corn chandler
ship's chandler
a person who makes or sells candles
obsolete a retailer of grocery provisions; shopkeeper
1275–1325; Middle English chandeler candlestick, maker or seller of candles < Anglo-French, Old French chandelier, literally, someone or something connected with candles, equivalent to chandelle candle + -ier -ier 2
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His tough, unadorned style is so effortlessly colloquial, thought fellow crime writer Raymond Chandler, that it “does not belong to Hammett or to anybody, but is the American language.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
On-screen footage shows UFC fighter Michael Chandler explaining to an FBI agent how to neutralize an armed assailant with hand-to-hand combat.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
UFC combatant Michael Chandler, who is fighting on Sunday, said it was the "biggest fight event in combat sports history."
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
What drew you to “You’re Killing Me,” and specifically the character of Allison Chandler, at this stage in your life and your career?
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Nina Chandler Murray, an eighty-five-year-old relative of the Poor family of Standard & Poor’s, the investment credit rating firm, is convinced that the world of the elite was more genteel in the old days.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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