One who makes confections, sweetmeats, candies, cakes, light pastry, etc.; now, esp. one who makes such articles for public sale.

A person who sells or makes sweets; a confectioner.

North American. A seller of confectionery. In early use: esp. a pedlar who sells confectionery.

attributive and in other combinations, as sweetmeat glass, sweetmeat pan, sweetmeat pot, sweetmeat shop, sweetmeat spoon; sweetmeat-seller.