confectioner

English Thesaurus

1. someone who makes candies and other sweets (noun.person)

hypernym	:	maker, shaper,
definition	:	a person who makes things (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	hershey, milton snavely hershey,
definition	:	United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945) (noun.person)