chandler

See also: Chandler

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːndlɚ/

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Noun

chandler (plural chandlers)

1. A person who makes or sells candles.

   Synonym: candler

2. (historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
3. A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.

Derived terms

• chandleress
• chandlering
• chandlerly
• chandlery

 

Related terms

• candela
• candelabrum
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• chandelier

 

Translations

person who makes or sells candles

• Arabic: شَمَّاع m (šammāʕ)
• Azerbaijani: şamçı
• Bulgarian: свещар (bg) m (sveštar)
• Czech: svíčkař m
• Dutch: kaarsenmaker (nl) m
• Finnish: kynttiläntekijä (maker); kynttiläkauppias (seller)
• French: chandelier (fr) m, chandelier (fr) m
• German: Kerzenmacher m, Kerzenmacherin f, Kerzenzieher m, Kerzenzieherin f, Lichtzieher m, Lichtzieherin f
• Hungarian: gyertyakészítő, gyertyaöntő (hu), gyertyaárus
• Icelandic: (vendor of candles) kertasali m, (maker of candles) kertagerðarmaður m
• Macedonian: све́ќар m (svéḱar), све́ќарка f (svéḱarka)
• Ottoman Turkish: مومجی (mumcu)
• Polish: świecarz (pl) m (obsolete)
• Portuguese: candeeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: lumânărar (ro) m
• Russian: свечник (ru) m (svečnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: svećar m, svećarica f, voskar (sh) m, voskarica (sh) f
• Turkish: mumcu (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) kandelel (vo), (♂) hikandelel, (♀) jikandelel

dealer in provisions or supplies

• Bulgarian: бакалин (bg) m (bakalin)
• Finnish: kauppias (fi)
• Icelandic: kaupmaður (is) m, kaupsali m, mangari m, kramari m
• Macedonian: тр́говец m (tŕgovec)
• Romanian: aprovizionar m, aprovizionator m

Further reading

• “chandler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “chandler”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

chandler

1. Alternative form of chaundeler