confidant
noun/ˈkɒnfɪdænt/, /ˌkɒnfɪˈdɑːnt/
/ˈkɑːnfɪdænt/
(feminine confidante)
- a person that you trust and who you talk to about private or secret things
- a close/trusted confidant of the president
- There were times when a semi-stranger was a better confidante than a close friend.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: alteration of confident (as a noun in the same sense in the early 17th cent.), probably to represent the pronunciation of French confidente ‘having full trust’.
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