Confectioner
[kən'fekʃ(ə)nə] or [kən'fɛkʃənɚ]
Definition
(n.) A compounder.
(n.) One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.
Typed by Eddie
Examples
- Mock turtle soup, bought ready made from a confectioner’s shop in Oxford street, Jan. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This guileless confectioner was not by any means sober, and had a black eye in the green stage of recovery, which was painted over. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Confectioner's, Chloe. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And he will take your daughters to be confectioners, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Sol