confectioner

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

confectioner
    n 1: someone who makes candies and other sweets [syn:
         {confectioner}, {candymaker}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Confectioner \Con*fec"tion*er\, n.
   1. A compounder. [Obs.]
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            Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents.
                                                  --Haywood.
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   2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections,
      candies, etc.
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