"chandler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːndlɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chandler.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-chandler.wav Forms: chandlers [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chaundeler}} Middle English chaundeler, {{der|en|fro|chandelier}} Old French chandelier, {{der|en|la|candelarius||a candle-maker; a candlestick}} Latin candelarius (“a candle-maker; a candlestick”), {{der|en|la|candela||a candle}} Latin candela (“a candle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chandler (plural chandlers)
  1. A person who makes or sells candles. Categories (topical): Craftsmen, People Synonyms: candler Translations (person who makes or sells candles): شَمَّاع (šammāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), şamçı (Azerbaijani), свещар (sveštar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), svíčkař [masculine] (Czech), svíčkařka [feminine] (Czech), kaarsenmaker [masculine] (Dutch), kynttiläntekijä (english: maker) (Finnish), kynttiläkauppias (english: seller) (Finnish), chandelier [masculine] (French), Kerzenmacher [masculine] (German), Kerzenmacherin [feminine] (German), Kerzenzieher [masculine] (German), Kerzenzieherin [feminine] (German), Lichtzieher [masculine] (German), Lichtzieherin [feminine] (German), gyertyakészítő (Hungarian), gyertyaöntő (Hungarian), gyertyaárus (Hungarian), kertasali (english: vendor of candles) [masculine] (Icelandic), kertagerðarmaður (english: maker of candles) [masculine] (Icelandic), žvakdarỹs [masculine] (Lithuanian), žvakdarė̃ [feminine] (Lithuanian), све́ќар (svéḱar) [masculine] (Macedonian), све́ќарка (svéḱarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), مومجی (mumcu) (Ottoman Turkish), świecarz [masculine, obsolete] (Polish), candeeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), lumânărar [masculine] (Romanian), свечник (svečnik) [masculine] (Russian), свечни́ца (svečníca) [feminine] (Russian), svećar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svećarica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), voskar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), voskarica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mumcu (Turkish), kandelel [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hikandelel [masculine] (Volapük), jikandelel [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-chandler-en-noun-HgteNW2H Disambiguation of Craftsmen: 47 18 35 Disambiguation of People: 62 19 19 Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 49 15 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 16 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 15 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 49 15 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 49 15 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 14 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 48 14 38 Disambiguation of 'person who makes or sells candles': 90 6 4
  2. (historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-chandler-en-noun-PFBOgarp Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 16 39
  3. A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler. Translations (dealer in provisions or supplies): бакалин (bakalin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kauppias (Finnish), kaupmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), kaupsali [masculine] (Icelandic), mangari [masculine] (Icelandic), kramari [masculine] (Icelandic), тр́говец (tŕgovec) [masculine] (Macedonian), aprovizionar [masculine] (Romanian), aprovizionator [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-chandler-en-noun-UySV7sYU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 5 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 11 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 8 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 29 15 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 17 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 16 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 13 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 16 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 14 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 30 16 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 34 23 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 16 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 30 16 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 10 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 15 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 13 10 77 Disambiguation of 'dealer in provisions or supplies': 16 11 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chandleress, chandlering, chandlerly, chandlery Related terms: candela, candelabrum, candid, candidate, candle, chandelier

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "16 11 73",
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          ],
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
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      "roman": "šammāʕ",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَمَّاع"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "şamçı"
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      "roman": "sveštar",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svíčkař"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "svíčkařka"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaarsenmaker"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "maker",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "kynttiläntekijä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "seller",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "kynttiläkauppias"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chandelier"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chandelier"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerzenmacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerzenmacherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerzenzieher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerzenzieherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lichtzieher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lichtzieherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "gyertyakészítő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "gyertyaöntő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "gyertyaárus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "vendor of candles",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kertasali"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "maker of candles",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kertagerðarmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žvakdarỹs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žvakdarė̃"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svéḱar",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "све́ќар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svéḱarka",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "све́ќарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mumcu",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "مومجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "świecarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "candeeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lumânărar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svečnik",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свечник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svečníca",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свечни́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svećar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svećarica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voskarica"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "word": "mumcu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kandelel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hikandelel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who makes or sells candles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jikandelel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bakalin",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бакалин"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "word": "kauppias"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaupmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaupsali"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mangari"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kramari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tŕgovec",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тр́говец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aprovizionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dealer in provisions or supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aprovizionator"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chandler"
  ],
  "word": "chandler"
}

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