confidant

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
• (RP) IPA: /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/, /ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt/

Noun

confidant (plural confidants)

1. A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, William Miller (1808), page 223 ↗:

     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, […]

Translations

• French: confidente, confident
• German: Vertrauter
• Portuguese: confidente
• Russian: доверенное лицо n, наперсник
• Spanish: confidente

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