different between chandler vs ross

English

Alternative forms

• candler

Etymology

From 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ændl?(?)/, /?t???ndl?(?)/

Noun

chandler (plural chandlers)

1. A person who makes or sells candles
2. A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.

Derived terms

• chandlery

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• chandler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• chandler in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Noun

chandler

1. Alternative form of chaundeler

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ross (uncountable)

1. (US, dialect) The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.

Verb

ross (third-person singular simple present rosses, present participle rossing, simple past and past participle rossed)

1. (US, dialect, transitive) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface.

   to ross bark

Etymology 2

Noun

ross (plural rosses)

1. (Britain, dialect) A swamp.

Anagrams

• RSOs, SROs, sors

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ros, from Old High German ros, hros, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hruss? (“horse”). Cognate with German Ross, English horse.

Noun

ross n (diminutive rössle)

1. (Luserna) horse

References

• “ross” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic *hursaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?/

Noun

ross n (genitive singular ross, plural ross)

1. horse (Equus caballus)

Declension

Hyponyms

• hestur (stallion)
• ryssa (mare)

Lombard

Etymology

From rosso.

Adjective

ross

1. red

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (ruzz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?s/

Noun

ross m

1. rice