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自白者;忏悔者;笃信者

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Confessor \Con*fess"or\ (?; 277), n. [OF. confessor, F.
   confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.]
   1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the
      truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically,
      one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures
      persecution for his faith.

            He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers
            for it is a confessor.                --Latham.

            Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood
            of so many martyrs and confessors.    --Bacon.

   2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is
      authorized to grant them absolution.

资料来源 : WordNet®

confessor
     n 1: a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
     2: someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to
        themselves)