Definition of Ship chandler

1. Noun. A dealer in equipment and supplies for ships.

Generic synonyms: Distributer, Distributor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ship Chandler

ship's company
ship's cousin
ship's galley
ship's officer
ship's papers
ship-breaker
ship-building
ship-buildings
ship-rigged
ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system
ship beriberi
ship biscuit
ship broker
ship builder
ship canal
ship chandler (current term)
ship fever
ship money
ship of the line
ship of war
ship out
ship rat
ship rats
ship route
shipboard
shipboard duty
shipboard soldier
shipboard system
shipboards
shipborne

Literary usage of Ship chandler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commercial Directory: Containing, a Topographical Description, Extent and (1823)
"Star, Edwin P. ship chandler and Comm. Merchant, East Bay. ... Vincent, HE Ship chandler, East Bay. West, Charles H. ship chandler, East Bay. ..."

2. The Trial of John Horne Tooke for High Treason: At the Sessions House in the by Joseph Gurney (1795)
"... Brewer, not a freeholder. Thomas Lewis, Efq. not a freeholder. Nathaniel Allen, ship chandler, not a freeholder. Edward Hill, Gent, challenged by the ..."

3. Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words, in the Days of Oak and Hemp by Robert Charles Leslie (1890)
"The sea-chandelier—Great size of early poop-lanterns, and reason for it—Importance of the ship-chandler and art of candle- making to old seamen—Night-signal ..."

4. Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words, in the Days of Oak and Hemp by Robert Charles Leslie (1890)
"The sea-chandelier—Great size of early poop-lanterns, and reason for it—Importance of the ship-chandler and art of candle- making to old seamen—Night-signal ..."

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