Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Confectionary /kən-fĕk'-shən-ĕrˌ-ē/ · Con·fec·tion·a·ry · IPA /kənfˈɛkʃənˌɛriː/ n. a. 01 n. A confectioner. 1. A confectioner.[Obs.] “He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks.” — 1 Sam. viii. 13. 02 a. Prepared as a confection. 1. Prepared as a confection. “The biscuit or confectionary plum.” — Cowper.