confectioner
pronunciation
How to pronounce confectioner in British English:
UK [kənˈfekʃənə(r)]
How to pronounce confectioner in American English:
US [kənˈfɛkʃənɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who makes candies and other sweets
Word Origin
- confectioner (n.)
- 1590s, agent noun from confection.
Example
- 1. The highest grade retail confectioner be supply from our speciality department .
- 2. Kraft and cadbury chocs awaykraft wins a battle for britain 's cadbury and will become the world 's biggest confectioner
- 3. The hollow egg , which is sold by the italian confectioner ferrero , is available in europe , canada , australia and parts of latin america under various names including kinder surprise and kinder sorpresa .
- 4. Cadbury , a british confectioner targeted for takeover by kraft foods of america , reported third-quarter sales growth of 7 % .
- 5. Barings private equity asia has a minority stake in the family-owned chinese confectioner .