Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CORN'-CHAND-LER, n. [Chandler, a dealer in candles, is supposed to be from the Fr. chandelier; but what has this word to do with corn and ship, in corn-chandler and ship-chandler? In these words, chandler seems to be a corruption of the Teutonic handler, a trader; Sw. kornhandlare, a corn-dealer; Dan. handler; G. id.; D. handelaar.]

A dealer in corn.