confidant
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/, /ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt/
- Hyphenation: con‧fi‧dant
Noun
confidant (plural confidants)
- 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, […]
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, William Miller (1808), page 223:
Translations
person in whom one can confide
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See also
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfiː.dant/, [kõːˈfiː.dant]
Verb
cōnfīdant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of cōnfīdō
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