chandler

plural chandlers

1. A person who makes or sells candles.

   Synonyms: candler

2. historicalA servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
3. A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.

alternative Candler · alternative Chander

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a chandler (“maker or seller of candles”).
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

   Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue.

   1996, Television Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, volume XXVIII, number 3, page 4

3. A locale in Australia:
   1. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for John Beals Chandler, 5th Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
   2. A village in the Shire of Nungarin, Western Australia; named for a local farmer.
4. A locale in Canada:
   1. A town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
   2. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36, Saskatchewan.
5. A locale in the United States:
   1. A city in Maricopa County, Arizona; named for early settler Dr. Alexander John Chandler.
   2. An unincorporated community in Logan Township, Pike County, Indiana.
   3. A town in Ohio Township and Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana; named for railroad official O. E. Chandler.
   4. A township in Charlevoix County, Michigan.
   5. A township in Huron County, Michigan.
   6. A town in Murray County, Minnesota; named for railroad official John Alonzo Chandler.
   7. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Missouri; named for Civil War officer John N. Chandler.
   8. A township in Adams County, North Dakota.
   9. An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
   10. A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States, named for Judge George Chandler.
   11. A city in Henderson County, Texas; named for early settler Alphonso H. Chandler.
   12. A former settlement in California.
6. A river.
   1. 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.
   2. A river in New South Wales, Australia; running 110 km from the Great Dividing Range near Lyndhurst into the Macleay at Cunnawarra National Park.
   3. A river in Maine, United States; running 39 km from Cottontail Hill in Centerville into the Englishman Bay near Jonesboro.

plural Chandlers · alternative Chander

1. A California variety of pomelo with a smoother skin than many other varieties.