Confectioner

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confectioner \Con*fec"tion*er\, n.
     1. A compounder. [Obs.]
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              Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents.
                                                    --Haywood.


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     2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections,
        candies, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  confectioner
       n : someone who makes candies and other sweets [syn: {candymaker}]