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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Confidant

/kän'-fəd-äntˌ/ · Con·fi·dant · IPA /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
01 n. masc. One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
  1. 1.
    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.