chandler

3 definitions • 4 examples

a person who sells supplies for boats or ships:

The ship's chandler always needs extra help when a boat comes in.

He became a yacht chandler in Shaldon, at the mouth of the River Teign.

a shop or building where supplies for boats or ships are sold:

Not far from the ship's chandler was Mick's Bar, a local pub with green shutters and heavily protected doors.

especially in the past, a person who makes candles:

One more item was needed before the chandler could get to work and that was wicking.