confectioner

/kənˈfɛkʃ(ə)nər/
/kənˈfɛkʃɪnə/
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Other forms: confectioners

Definitions of confectioner
  1. noun
    someone who makes candies and other sweets
    synonyms: candymaker
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    examples:
    Milton Snavely Hershey
    United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
    type of:
    maker, shaper
    a person who makes things
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