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confidant Definition


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confidant
confidante
noun
    1. A close friend (male or remale, respectively) with whom one discusses personal matters, especially concerning love affairs.
      Thesaurus: companion, intimate, friend, crony.
Etymology: 18c: an alternative of confident, probably an attempt to render the pronunciation of the French confident(e), ultimately from Latin confidere to trust.



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