Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Confidant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom
friend.

You love me for no other end Than to become my
confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from
your sight. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

confidant
n : someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: {intimate}]

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