Definition of Confectioner

1. Noun. Someone who makes candies and other sweets.

Exact synonyms: Candymaker
Generic synonyms: Maker, Shaper
Specialized synonyms: Hershey, Milton Snavely Hershey

Definition of Confectioner

1. n. A compounder.

Definition of Confectioner

1. Noun. A manufacturer of or dealer in confections. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Confectioner

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confectioner

confabulations
confabulator
confabulators
confabulatory
confarreate
confarreation
confated
confect
confected
confecting
confectio
confection
confectionaries
confectionary
confectioned
confectioner (current term)
confectioner's
confectioner's cream
confectioner's creams
confectioneress
confectioneresses
confectioneries
confectioners
confectioners' sugar
confectioners sugar
confectionery
confectioning
confections
confectory
confects

Literary usage of Confectioner

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

1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"This little manual, based upon Read's confectioner, a late London publication, with additions and alterations adapting it to the various articles of luxury ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"This little manual, based upon Read's confectioner, a late London publication, with additions and alterations adapting it to the various articles of luxury ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"The Italian confectioner. By GA Jarrin. Third Edition. 8vo. 15s. Ainsworth. 1827. THE Italian school of confectionery ranks, deservedly, as high as the a ..."

4. The Panorama of Professions and Trades: Or Every Man's Book by Edward Hazen (1836)
"In what does the business of the confectioner consist ? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. ... In what other articles does the confectioner deal ? 13. ..."

5. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"... >a confectioner and poet of Hirat who flourished in the reign of ... that is to say, the confectioner, who lived in the reign of Sultán ..."

6. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1885)
"An English confectioner, of the 18th century. Nutting, H. Cypher. An English arithmetician. Nutting, Магу О. ¡lary Barrett. An American writer. ..."

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