Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confectioner"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confectioner \Con*fec"tion*er\, n.
1. A compounder. [Obs.]
Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents.
--Haywood.
2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections,
candies, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confectioner
n : someone who makes candies and other sweets [syn: {candymaker}]
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