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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
confidant
    n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn:
         confidant, intimate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante
\Con`fi*dante"\ (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente,
   formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and
   cf. Confident.]
   One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of
   love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom
   friend.
   [1913 Webster]

         You love me for no other end
         Than to become my confidant and friend;
         As such I keep no secret from your sight. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
CONFIDANT, CONFIDANTE, n.  One entrusted by A with the secrets of B,
confided by _him_ to C.


Thesaurus Results for confidant:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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