confidant

The definition of a confidant is a friend who you can trust, who you tell secrets.

(noun)

An example of a confidant is a friend who you’ve known your whole life that you can tell anything.

See confidant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

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

See confidant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed.
A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.

Origin:

Origin: French confident

Origin: , from Italian confidente

Origin: , from Latin cōnfīdēns, cōnfīdent-

Origin: , present participle of cōnfīdere, to rely on; see confide

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