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Webster 1913 Edition
Confidante
{ , }
Conˊfi-dant′
; 277),Noun.
masc.
Conˊfi-dante′
(?; 277)
, Noun.
fem.
[F.
confident
, confidente
, formerly also spelt confidant
, confidante
. See Confide
, and cf. Confident
.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
You love me for no other end
Than to become my
As such I keep no secret from your sight.
Than to become my
confidant
and friend;As such I keep no secret from your sight.
Dryden.
Definition 2024
confidante
confidante
English
Noun
confidante (plural confidantes)
- A female confidant.
- A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 20:
- Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 20: