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Synonyms for confidant

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, -duh nt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn fɪˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt, -dənt, ˌkɒn fɪˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt

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Définition of confidant

Origin :
  • 1610s, confident, "(male) person trusted with private affairs," from French confident (16c.), from Italian confidente "a trusty friend," literally "confident, trusty," from Latin confidentem (nominative confidens), present participle of confidere "to trust, confide" (see confidence). The spelling with -a- came to predominate 18c. and might reflect the French pronunciation.
  • noun close friend
Example sentences :
  • At all events, this was a subject upon which I received no enlightening from their confidant.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Sooner or later it must have been so; and I want a confidant.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Everybody there was for the moment the confidant of his neighbour.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • He thought she went to find a confidant outside, that she was preparing her treason.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • The confidant, oddly, was a picture in the silent, awe-inspiring company-room.
  • Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • The worst would be that he was in love and that he needed a confidant to work it.
  • Extract from : « The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 » by Henry James
  • She felt that she must make a confidant of some one, even though it was Katy, the maid.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • The Queen, having no one else to treat as a confidant, often talked to him about Phillips.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • By degrees, too, you become a kind of confidant of the whole household.
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • You must take his word for that; she is not likely to make a confidant of you.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

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