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Webster 1913 Edition

Confectionary

Con-fec′tion-a-ry

,

Noun.

[Cf. LL.

confectionaris

a pharmacist.]

A confectioner.

[Obs.]

He will take your daughters to be

confectionaries

, and to be cooks.

1 Sam. viii. 13.

Con-fec′tion-a-ry

,

Adj.

Prepared as a confection.

The biscuit or

confectionary

plum.

Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Confectionary

CONFECTIONARY

, CONFECTIONER,

Noun.

One whose occupation is to make, or to sell sweetmeats, &c. [The latter word is most generally used.]