chandler1
(ˈtʃɑːndlə(r), -æ-)
Forms: 4–7 chaundeler, 5–7 chandeler, 6–7 chaundler, 6– chandler; (also 5 condler, candeler(e, chaundeller, chaundlar, chawndelere, 6 chandelar, -ellor, -illar, 7 chaundelor, -our, 8 Sc. chanler).
[ME. chaundeler, chandeler, a. AF. chandeler, OF. chandelier (= Pr. candelier, It. candelliere):—L. type candel(l)ārius, f. candel(l)a candle.]
† 1. A stand or support for a candle, a candlestick; a chandelier. (Chiefly northern, now Obs.)
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 1272 Þe chef chaundeler charged with þe lyȝt. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xxiv, Candelis and oþer priketis beþ set on candelstikkis, and chaundelers. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 60 Candelere, candelabra. 1549 Compl. Scot. ix. 76 He..reft the goldin alter, the chandelaris of lycht, and al the goldin veschel. 1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffs. in Ann. Lichfield IV. 50, Ij chaundlers of woode. 1674 Ray N.-C. Wds., Chaundler, a candlestick. Sheffield. 1733 Ramsay Clout the Caldron i, Have you any pots or pans Or any broken chandlers? |
2. One whose trade it is to make or sell candles. (Also
tallow-chandler,
wax-chandler.)
| 1389 E.E. Gilds (1870) 18 Yei shul bene at y⊇ Chaundelers by pryme of y⊇ day. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1596 Cokes, condlers, coriours of ledur. 1464 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (1841) 160 To pay the chandeler that ffynd my lordys candyllis, xx.s. 1483 Cath. Angl. 52 A Candeler, candelarius. 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. iii. 52. 1602 Return fr. Parnass. Prol. (Arb.) 4 We haue promised the Copies to the Chandlers to wrappe his candles in. 1711 Act 10 Anne in Lond. Gaz. 5031/6 Such Chandler or Maker of Candles. 1872 J. Yeats Hist. Comm. 269 The present number of chandlers in England is estimated at about 3,000. |
† b. Formerly, an officer who superintended the supply of candles, etc., in a household.
| c 1450 Bk. Curtasye 824 in Babees Bk. 326 Now speke I wylle a lytulle whyle Of þo chandeler, with-outen gyle. 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edw. II, §15 The serjant chaundeler shal receve the wax and lights..And the chaundelor shal make his liveree. 1860 Our Eng. Home 89. |
3. In extended sense:
a. A retail dealer in provisions, groceries, etc.: often somewhat contemptuous.
b. in
comb. = dealer, trader, as in
corn-chandler,
ship-chandler.
| 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. 49 Theod. Be there any Chandlers there?.. What do they sell for the most part? Amphil. Almost all things, as namelie butter, cheese, fagots, pots, pannes, candles, and a thousand other trinkets besides. 1664 G. Etherege Love in Tub i. ii. (1723) 13 This morning the Chandler refus'd to score a quart of Scurvy-grass. 1723 Lond. Gaz. No. 6172/9 Robert Collier..Chandler of Small Wares. 1820 Scott Monast. Answ. Introd. Ep., Another steps into a chandler's shop, to purchase a pound of butter. 1836 Dickens Sk. Boz (1866) 205 The neighbours stigmatised him as a chandler. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles xxvi, Revenge is..not to be meddled with in the spirit of a chandler. |
4. Comb., as
chandler-shop;
chandler-chafts Sc., lantern jaws; so
chandler-chafted, lantern-jawed.
| 1714 Ramsay Elegy John Cowper xii, Shame fa' ye'r *chandler-chafts, O Death! 1790 A. Wilson Poems 75 (Jam.) My sons wi' chanler chafts gape roun', To rive my gear, my siller frae me. |
| 1785 Journ. fr. London 4 (Jam.) A *chanler-chafted auld runk carlen. |
| 1782 V. Knox Ess. No. 170 (1819) III. 249 The *chandlershop-keeper. 1817 Cobbett Wks. XXXII. 76 The ignorance of the Chandler-Shop Knights is equal to their impudence. |