'Confessor' definitions:
Definition of 'confessor'
(from WordNet)
noun
A priest who hears confession and gives absolution
noun
Someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
Definition of 'Confessor'
From: GCIDE
- Confessor \Con*fess"or\ (?; 277), n. [OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.]
- 1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith. [1913 Webster]
- He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. --Latham. [1913 Webster]
- Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. [1913 Webster]