See confessor on Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "confessor m (plural confessores)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "confesor"
}
],
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish obsolete forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete spelling of confesor."
],
"links": [
[
"confesor",
"confesor#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"masculine",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "confessor"
}
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