Confidant
//ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
"Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]"
- 2 someone to whom private matters are confided wordnet
Example
More examples"When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice."
Etymology
From French confident.
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