A confessor is a priest who hears a person's confession.
2. countable noun
If you describe someone as your confessor, you mean that they are the person you can talk to about your secrets or problems.
He was their adviser, confidant and father confessor.
confessor in British English
(kənˈfɛsə)
noun
1. Christianity, mainly Roman Catholic Church
a priest who hears confessions and sometimes acts as a spiritual counsellor
2. history
a person who bears witness to the Christian religious faith by the holiness of their life, esp in resisting threats or danger, but does not suffer martyrdom
3.
a person who makes a confession
confessor in American English
(kənˈfɛsər)
noun
1.
a person who confesses
2.
a.
a Christian who suffered for his or her faith
b. Roman CatholicChurch
a male saint who was not a martyr
3.
a priest authorized to hear confessions
Examples of 'confessor' in a sentence
confessor
He had listened in his role of father confessor, increasingly concerned as he sensed her pain and unhappiness.
Parkes, Roger RIOT (1993)
But how could she tell her minister, a confessor whom she would have to confront face to face?
McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE (1993)
Surely, you didn't tell anyone, and apart from his confessor, your father certainly didn't.
Grace, C.L A SHRINE OF MURDERS (1993)
Believe that and you'll believe the Ayatollah's Mother Teresa's confessor.