confessor
/kənˈfesə(r)/noun
1
- a priest who hears confessions and gives absolution and spiritual counsel听取忏悔的神父; 告解神父。
1.1
- a person to whom another confides personal problems听取他人吐露个人问题者。
2
- a person who avows religious faith in the face of opposition, but does not suffer martyrdom不畏反对公开宣布其宗教信仰但未殉教者。
3
- a person who makes a confession供认者; 承认者; 忏悔者, 告解者。
词源
Old English (in sense 2)： from Old French confessour, from ecclesiastical Latin confessor, from Latin confess- 'acknowledged' （see CONFESS）.