Chandler Meaning
/ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who makes or sells candles.
nounA servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
Sentence Examples
There was a chandler making candle, When he them stript, he did them handle.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In colonial times, the ____ would melt animal fat to make candles for the village.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Raymond ____ was a famous writer of several hardboiled detective.
Word Origin & 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In colonial times, the ____ would melt animal fat to make candles for the village.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Raymond ____ was a famous writer of several hardboiled detective.