candler

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noun

A person who makes candles; a chandler.

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chandler
OriginMiddle English candelere →
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Meanings

candler1

nouncandler (plural candlers)

plural candlers

  1. A person who makes candles; a chandler.

    A maker of candles is very properly called a candler; however, (as observed before) ch is seldom pronounced in this parish.

    1829, Joseph Hunter, The Hallamshire Glossary

    Synonyms: chandler

candler2

nouncandler (plural candlers)

plural candlers

  1. A device for candling.

    An egg candler used in a light room can be easily made […]

    1917 September, Popular Mechanics, page 472

Candler3

proper nounCandler (countable and uncountable, plural Candlers)

plural Candlers

  1. countableuncountableA surname originating as an occupation for a candlemaker.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hall County, Georgia, named after Allen D. Candler.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who makes candles; a chandler.

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Origin

candler · noun

  1. Middle Englishcandelere
  2. Englishcandler

From Middle English candelere, equivalent to candle (noun) + -er.

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candler · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kend-
  2. Proto-Italic*kandēō
  3. Latincandeō
  4. Latincandēla
  5. Old Englishcandel
  6. Middle Englishcandel
  7. Englishcandle
  8. Englishcandler

From candle (verb) + -er.

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Chicago

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