confessor

Meaning

1. One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
2. One who confesses to having done something wrong.
3. A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
4. (broadly, figuratively) Someone who acts as listener and helper.

Synonyms

confesser

acceptor

believer

confidant

father

👨‍👦

one who confesses

Translations

confesseur

confessore

Beichtvater

confesor

confessor

εξομολογητής

biechtvader

πνευματικός

confessor

ομολογητής

confesante

penintentiarius

belijder

günah çıkaran papaz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfɛsə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: confessor

In summary

From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.