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confidante
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A female confidant. 2 A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE close ▪ But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana's closest confidantes . ▪ Share a professional concern with a close confidante or intimate Saturday, but come Sunday you must get on your soapbox. EXAMPLES ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a female confidant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 of love, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1709, "female confidant," from French confidente , fem. of confident (see confidant ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A confidante (also known as a canapé à joue , a canapé à confidants , or a canapé à confidant(e) ) is a type of sofa , originally characterized by a triangular seat at each end, so that people could sit at either end of the sofa and be close to the person(s) ...
Usage examples of confidante.
Portable-Essie, my faithful wife, lover, advisor, friend, confidante, and co-construct in gigabit space.
At the outset of the journey to Italy she was such a favourite with Josephine that she dressed like her mistress, ate at table with her, and was in all respects her friend and confidante.
A different man might make Caroline his confidante, might break down and ask for explanation--but Scottie knows Caroline for his enemy.
But do let me explain that I am from Te Widows Club and lave been assigned the role of your special confidante during these first difficult weeks.
Miss Abbott, also in her best, sat by Philip, looking, to his irritated nerves, more like the tragedy confidante every moment.
You see that I have been compelled to make a confidante of Laura, who is the only person allowed to enter my room at all times.
At the celebration, in fact, Pomponia had been so rarely effusive in a circle of confidantes that she had expressed herself quite candidly about the empress mother.
I saw by this they had not made confidantes of one another, as girls mostly do, and I also saw that they were jealous of each other.
I saw the force of her argument, and not wishing to make a confidante of her I held my tongue, and went out to work off my bile.
I have decided upon taking her to Naples, and I will take with us the servant who, sleeping in the garret, had to be made a confidante of.
Since their recent joint experience Celia had fallen into a habit of talking regularly with Stowe, who was proving a wise friend and confidante.
Her maid, of whom she had been obliged to make a confidante, had had her bled by a student, her lover.
She rang the bell, and the same woman who had appeared in the evening, and was most likely the secret minister and the confidante of her amorous mysteries, came in.
Elaida's closest confidante, always whispering together in corners, closeting themselves in the night.
While Assur and his legions wintered in Riehl, waiting for the snows to subside, Davieta had become her first true friend and confidante.