confessor

Other forms: confessors

Definitions of confessor
  1. noun
    someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
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    type of:
    communicator
    a person who communicates with others
  2. noun
    a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
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    type of:
    priest
    a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
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