Definition of "chandler" [chan•dler]

• One that makes or sells candles. (noun)
• A retail dealer in specified goods or equipment: a ship chandler. (noun)

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• "Here in California, I grow in my backyard "Oro Blanco" grapefruit and "chandler" pummelo."
• "In another kind of chandler's workshop, the liquid mixture is poured into plaster molds."
• "The word "chandler" is supposed to have been derived from the French"