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chandler definition

chan·dler (c̸hand′lər, c̸händ′-)

noun

  1. a maker or seller of candles
  2. a retailer of supplies, equipment, etc. of a certain kind

Etymology: ME chandeler < OFr chandelier < chandoile (< L candela), candle

Chandler1 definition

Chan·dler (c̸hand′lər)

Chandler, Raymond (Thornton) 1888-1959; U.S. detective-story writer
Chandler2 definition

Chan·dler (c̸hand′lər)

city in SC Ariz.: pop. 177,000

Etymology: after A. J. Chandler (1859-1950), its founder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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