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confessor (s) (noun), confessors (pl)
1. A person to whom someone else confides her/his personal problems.
2. Someone who makes a confession or who makes a formal statement admitting that he/she is guilty of a crime.
3. A priest who hears confessions and sometimes acts as a spiritual adviser.
This entry is located in the following unit: fa-, fam-, fan-, fant-, fat-, -fess; fab-, fabul- (page 1)
(Edward the Confessor restored King Alfred's linage)