Confiner \Con*fin"er\, n. One who, or that which, limits or restrains. Confiner \Con"fi`ner\ (? or ?), n. One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.] --Bacon. Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. --Daniel.