candler
English
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#CANDLERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CANDLER candelere, equivalent to candle (noun) + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)#CANDLER.
Noun
candler (plural candlers)Category:English lemmas#CANDLERCategory:English nouns#CANDLERCategory:English countable nouns#CANDLERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CANDLERCategory:Pages with entries#CANDLERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CANDLER
- A person who makes candles; a chandler.
- Synonym: chandler
- 1829, Joseph Hunter, The Hallamshire Glossary:
- A maker of candles is very properly called a candler; however, (as observed before) ch is seldom pronounced in this parish.Category:English terms with quotations#CANDLER
Translations
Etymology 2
From candle (verb) + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#CANDLER.
Noun
candler (plural candlers)Category:English lemmas#CANDLERCategory:English nouns#CANDLERCategory:English countable nouns#CANDLERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CANDLERCategory:Pages with entries#CANDLERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CANDLER
- A device for candling.
- 1917 September, Popular Mechanics, page 472:
- An egg candler used in a light room can be easily made […]Category:English terms with quotations#CANDLER