Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: chandler  chãnd-lu(r)
  1. A retail dealer in provisions and supplies
    "The ship's chandler stocked everything the crew might need for their voyage"
     
  2. A maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
    "The chandler's shop was filled with the scent of beeswax"
Noun: Chandler  chãnd-lu(r)
  1. United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
    - Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler

Derived forms: chandlers

Type of: author, maker, retail merchant, retailer, shaper, writer

Encyclopedia: Chandler, Ohio