Chănd'ler, n.
n. [Fr. chandelier, a candlestick and a tallow-chandler. In the compounds ship-chandler, corn-chandler, it is perhaps derived from the Ger. händler, dealer, trader, kornhändler, a corn merchant, assimilated to the Eng. chandler in tallow-chandler.]
Sense 1. A manufacturer of, or dealer in, candles.
The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.
Sense 2. A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, a ship-chandler, a corn-chandler, &c.