One who makes or works with wax; a chandler or wax maker.
From Latin 'cereus' (wax) plus the agent suffix '-er' (one who does). This occupational noun follows the pattern of 'baker', 'maker', or 'worker'.
Before electricity, candle makers (cerers) were incredibly important people—they controlled light itself, which is why master cerers formed powerful trade guilds and their knowledge of rendering animal fat and beeswax was practically a form of chemistry.
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