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An English surname originating as an occupation for a chandler (“maker or seller of candles”).
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A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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A locale in Australia:
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for John Beals Chandler, 5th Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
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A locale in Australia:
A village in the Shire of Nungarin, Western Australia; named for a local farmer.
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A locale in Canada:
A town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
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A locale in Canada:
A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36, Saskatchewan.
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A locale in the United States.
A city in Maricopa County, Arizona; named for early settler Dr. Alexander John Chandler.
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A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Logan Township, Pike County, Indiana.
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A locale in the United States.
A town in Ohio Township and Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana; named for railroad official O. E. Chandler.
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A locale in the United States.
A township in Charlevoix County, Michigan.
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A locale in the United States.
A township in Huron County, Michigan.
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A locale in the United States.
A town in Murray County, Minnesota; named for railroad official John Alonzo Chandler.
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A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Clay County, Missouri; named for Civil War officer John N. Chandler.
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A locale in the United States.
A township in Adams County, North Dakota.
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A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
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A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States, named for Judge George Chandler.
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A locale in the United States.
A city in Henderson County, Texas; named for early settler Alphonso H. Chandler.
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A locale in the United States.
A former settlement in California.
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A river.
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.
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A river.
A river in New South Wales, Australia; running 110 km from the Great Dividing Range near Lyndhurst into the Macleay at Cunnawarra National Park.
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A river.
A river in Maine, United States; running 39 km from Cottontail Hill in Centerville into the Englishman Bay near Jonesboro.
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noun
A person who makes or sells candles.
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A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
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Usage: historical
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A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
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A California variety of pomelo with a smoother skin than many other varieties.
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a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
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Broader terms: maker, shaper
Narrower terms: candlemaker, wax-chandler
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a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
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Broader terms: retailer, retail merchant
Narrower terms: ship's chandler
noun
United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler
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Broader terms: writer, author
History
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.
Across languages
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