chandler

Meanings

1. A person who makes or sells candles.
2. 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.

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a chandler (“maker or seller of candles”).
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3. A locale in Australia:
4. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for John Beals Chandler, 5th Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
5. A village in the Shire of Nungarin, Western Australia; named for a local farmer.
6. A locale in Canada:
7. A town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
8. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36, Saskatchewan.
9. A locale in the United States.
10. A city in Maricopa County, Arizona; named for early settler Dr. Alexander John Chandler.
11. An unincorporated community in Logan Township, Pike County, Indiana.
12. A town in Ohio Township and Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana; named for railroad official O. E. Chandler.

1. A California variety of pomelo with a smoother skin than many other varieties.

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.