confectioner

[ kuhn-fek-shuh-ner ]

noun

1. a person who makes or sells candies and, sometimes, ice cream, cakes, etc.

confectioner

/ kənˈfɛkʃənə /

noun

1. a person who makes or sells sweets or confections

Word History and Origins

Origin of confectioner¹

First recorded in 1585–95; confection + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Confectioners dust the beans with sugar between sprinklings of syrup.

From Popular-Science

Mother’s Day became an official holiday in 1914, and florists, greeting-card companies and confectioners quickly seized the commercial opportunity.

From Time

Although it’s a common commodity, the best chocolate doesn’t just taste better, it’s better for growers, roasters, producers, confectioners and the planet.

From Washington Post

The confectioner also suggests to cut a chocolate piece in half and let it melt in the mouth to allow time for the flavors to develop.

From Fortune

She stopped at a confectioner's and ordered a huge box of bonbons for the children in Iberville.

From Project Gutenberg

Needless to add that this is ambitious confectioner's verse, intentionally nonsensical.

From Project Gutenberg

All over London there are coffee-houses, tobacco-shops, and confectioner-looking shops, whose real use is to be haunts of vice.

From Project Gutenberg

Add nuts and cherries cut in small pieces and spread half an inch thick on a pan or slab sprinkled with confectioner's sugar.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon removing from the oven, brush with confectioner's sugar moistened with enough water to allow it to spread.

From Project Gutenberg