confectioner
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4.1
- noun
- /kənˈfɛkʃənər/
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confitero
- Two elderly men with long gray beards were exhausting themselves beating on the door of Abu Simsim, a small-time confectioner of Jerusalem.
- confectioners' sugar
- cup of confectioners' sugar
- tablespoon of confectioners' sugar
I I was a trainee confectioner for three years.
- I I was a trainee confectioner for three years.
Examples
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Slowly mix in the confectioner's sugar, vanilla, and milk.
Blog text (20) -
Every confectioner in Jerusalem makes it the same way, though the Jewish ones call it 'halvah.'
Fiction book (2002) -
But I am a simple confectioner, and I have been packing my bags.
Fiction book (2002) -
The confectioner gave me back every cent for those chocolate-covered peanuts.
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In Scotland, the confectioners of Edinburgh turned to pink icings on wedding cakes.
Academic text (1993) -
According to Bloomberg News, sales of Hostess products could net the confectioner's handlers over $1 billion if the going-out-of-business endeavor is successful.
Blog text (3) -
As far as Matty knew, the ice manufactured locally serviced the butchers and grocers; there wasn't a confectioner's around for miles.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to offer congratulations to the confectioners at Just Born Incorporated, as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of their most recognized and celebrated products, not to mention my daughter's favorite, Marshmallow Peeps.
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The local confectioner makes delicious handmade chocolates and candies every week.
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After visiting the confectioner, I couldn't resist buying a box of assorted sweets.
Synonyms
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3.2
A man who sells sweets to children from a cart or stall
A person who makes sweets such as chocolate and lollipops
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
confectioner = confection (transparent) = confection + er
The word is a standard agent noun meaning 'one who makes or sells confections', which is directly built from 'confection' plus '-er'.
Etymology
Confectioner comes from the word confection, from Latin con- ('together') and ficere ('to make'), so conficere meant 'to put together'. That idea of 'making together' is like a factory that makes things, so a confectioner is literally someone who 'puts together' sweets — a maker of candies and sweets.