Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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