ship chandler

noun

a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.

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Origin of ship chandler

First recorded in 1635–45

OTHER WORDS FROM ship chandler

ship chandlery, noun

Words nearby ship chandler

shinty, shiny, ship, ship biscuit, ship canal, ship chandler, ship decanter, ship money, ship of state, ship of the line, ship of war

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Example sentences from the Web for ship chandler

There are two good boat-builders, a good sail-maker, and a ship-chandler.
Yachting Vol. 1|Various.
Started without a penny, as clerk in a ship-chandler's store.'
The Continental Monthly, Volume V. Issue I|Various
The captain and I stayed on board, and the ship-chandler got a West India boy to cook for us.
Man Overboard!|F(rancis) Marion Crawford
Personally, I believed him to be simply a runner for a ship-chandler of whom perhaps you have heard—Captain Macedoine.'
Captain Macedoine's Daughter|William McFee

The ship-chandler was in earnest; every intonation proved it.
Felix O'Day|F. Hopkinson Smith

British Dictionary definitions for ship chandler

ship chandler

noun

a person or business dealing in supplies for ships

Derived forms of ship chandler

ship chandlery, noun

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