Confidant

  • 31confidant — [ˈkɒnfɪˌdænt] noun [C] someone who you trust and discuss your private feelings with …

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  • 32confidant — con•fi•dant [[t]ˈkɒn fɪˌdænt, ˌdɑnt, dənt, ˌkɒn fɪˈdænt, ˈdɑnt[/t]] n. a person to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed • Etymology: 1705–15; < F confident < It confidente, n. use of adj.; see… …

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  • 33confidant — /kɒnfəˈdænt / (say konfuh dant), /ˈkɒnfədənt / (say konfuhduhnt) noun someone to whom secrets are confided or with whom intimate problems are discussed. {French, from Italian confidente, from Latin confīdens, present participle, trusting}… …

  • 34confidant —   n. (fem.    ♦ confidante pron. same) confidential friend …

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  • 35confidant — n. (fem. confidante pronunc. same) a person trusted with knowledge of one s private affairs. Etymology: 18th c. for earlier confident n., prob. to represent the pronunc. of F confidente (as confide) …

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  • 36confidant, confidante — n intimate, familiar, close friend, fast friend, Latin, fidus Achates. bosom friend, bosom buddy; bedfellow, bedmate, bunkmate, Sl. bunkie, roommate; chum, crony, pal, buddy, mate, comrade; alter ego, other self, second self, shadow, sidekick …

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  • 37confidant, confidante — ▶ noun CLOSE FRIEND, bosom friend, best friend; intimate, familiar; informal chum, pal, crony; Brit. informal mate, oppo, mucker; N. Amer. informal …

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  • 38Confidante — Confidant Con fi*dant ; 277), n. masc., Confidante Con fi*dante (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See {Confide}, and cf. {Confident}.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs… …

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  • 39confidante — confidant, confidante stressed on the first syllable or (in the case of confidante) on the first or last syllable, mean ‘a close friend in whom one confides’, and refer respectively to a male or female and a female. They are alterations of an… …

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