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confidant definition

con·fi·dant (kän′fə dant′, -dänt′; kän′fə dant′, -dänt′)

noun

a close, trusted friend, to whom one confides intimate matters or secrets

Etymology: Fr confident (fem. confidente) < L confidens, prp. of confidere, confide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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