confectioner

[kuh n-fek-shuh-ner]

noun

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

Origin of confectioner

First recorded in 1585–95; confection + -er¹

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Historical Examples of confectioner

They wanted to take me to the confectioner's to have something, but I refused.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
A confectioner of Yvetot had been intrusted with the tarts and sweets.
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
He was by trade a sugar-baker (confectioner), and from 1752 to 1755 was a selectman of Charlestown.
Tea Leaves
Various
If to a confectioner's for tea, as likely as not he would come in.
Beyond
John Galsworthy
She had consulted with a friend of hers in Saltash, the wife of a confectioner.
Merry-Garden and Other Stories
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for confectioner

confectioner

noun

a person who makes or sells sweets or confections

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Word Origin and History for confectioner

1590s, agent noun from confection.