chandler
/ˈtʃɑːndlə
/noun
1 (also ship chandler) A dealer in supplies and equipment for ships and boats.As he was walking past a ship chandler's shop, he was shocked to see handcuffs, leg shackles, and thumbscrews in the window....
- George Townsend Cole's Portrait of Henry Thomas Lambert, a master sail maker and ship chandler in Wapping, shows a man proud of all he has achieved.
- Buoyancy bags for instance are available from several boat manufacturers and yacht chandlers.
2 historical A dealer in household items such as oil, soap, paint, and groceries.Small bunches of drying herbs gathered on the tops of cupboards and on high shelves, part of their mother's trade as a chandler....
- In 1439, William Aylewyn, a chandler, obtained royal licence to buy 200 quarts of barley in Norfolk to bring to Maldon.
- I buy this from my local corn chandler at *10 per 20Kg sack.
2.1A person who makes and sells candles.There is also a special crafts Christmas market with workshops of gold and silversmiths, furriers, chandlers, bookbinders, and bakers at the St. Margareth's Church....
- It seemed that every trades-man in the county, from the black-smith to the chandler, came out of the wood-work to proclaim that he was beholden to them.
- The son of a tallow chandler, Collins was 14 when he arrived in Salisbury - a small town bounded by the river running alongside its High Street on its west side and Culver Street to the east.
Origin
Middle English (denoting a candle maker or candle seller): from Old French chandelier, from chandelle 'candle' (see chandelier).