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chandler
/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/
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What does chandler mean?
noun
- A person who makes or sells candles.
- A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
- A California variety of pomelo with a smoother skin than many other varieties.
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proper noun
- An English surname originating as an occupation for a chandler (“maker or seller of candles”).
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for John Beals Chandler, 5th Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
- A village in the Shire of Nungarin, Western Australia; named for a local farmer.
- A town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
- A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36, Saskatchewan.
- A city in Maricopa County, Arizona; named for early settler Dr. Alexander John Chandler.
- An unincorporated community in Logan Township, Pike County, Indiana.
- A town in Ohio Township and Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana; named for railroad official O. E. Chandler.
- A township in Charlevoix County, Michigan.
- A township in Huron County, Michigan.
- A town in Murray County, Minnesota; named for railroad official John Alonzo Chandler.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, Missouri; named for Civil War officer John N. Chandler.
- A township in Adams County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States, named for Judge George Chandler.
- A city in Henderson County, Texas; named for early settler Alphonso H. Chandler.
- A former settlement in California.
- A river in Alaska, United States; running 201 km from Chandler Lake in Gates of the Arctic National Park into the Colville 27 km northeast of Umiat.
- A river in New South Wales, Australia; running 110 km from the Great Dividing Range near Lyndhurst into the Macleay at Cunnawarra National Park.
- A river in Maine, United States; running 39 km from Cottontail Hill in Centerville into the Englishman Bay near Jonesboro.
noun
- (historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/
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His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son.
You remember the story of the wonderful coon that Chandler Harris tells?
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Eventually a hazardous and difficult departure was effected, Mr. Chandler, a passenger already booked, insisting on accompanying the aeronaut, in spite of the latter's strongest protestations.
There was one man I never asked in vain, when I wished aid for the poor, that was C. Q. Chandler, a man who was able to help.
Chandler relates an instance in which there was laceration of the liver during parturition; and Hubbard records a case of rupture of the spleen after labor.