Meaning

noun United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)

noun a retail dealer in provisions and supplies

noun a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints

originFrom 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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0