confidant

[ kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, -duhnt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt ]
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noun
  1. a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.

Origin of confidant

1
1705–15; <French confident<Italian confidente, noun use of adj.; see confident

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British Dictionary definitions for confidant

confidant

/ (ˌkɒnfɪˈdænt, ˈkɒnfɪˌdænt) /


noun
  1. a person, esp a man, to whom private matters are confided

Origin of confidant

1
C17: from French confident, from Italian confidente, n use of adj: trustworthy, from Latin confīdens confident

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