confessor

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kənˈfɛsə/|/ˈkɒnfɛsə/|/ˈkɒnfɛsɔː/    美 /kənˈfɛsɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
    — Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.
  2. One who confesses to having done something wrong.
    — Near-synonym: confessant
  3. A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
  4. Someone who acts as listener and helper. broadly,figuratively
    — They do not feel connected to any gay/lesbian communities. Nor do they feel able to establish relationships with anyone who can support them. Thus an inexperienced but sincere young heterosexual actor can find himself playing not only role model but also confessor and phantom friend to people in great need.

词形变化

confessors plural confessour alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
confessorial confessorship father confessor

词源

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