confidant

[ kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, -duh nt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt ]

/ ˈkɒn fɪˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt, -dənt, ˌkɒn fɪˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt /

a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.

Origin of confidant

1705–15; < French confident < Italian confidente, noun use of adj.; see confident

confidant confidante confident

When a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.

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Otis Moss, Jr., the noted African-American civil rights leader and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., concurred.

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If the President went through with the appointment, he was counting on his confidant to bust open those particular X-Files.

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It was built for “Mad” King Ludwig II, who announced construction of the castle in a letter to his confidant Richard Wagner.

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Hoffman plays Jon Savage, the sarcastic and pessimistic brother (and confidant) to his sister, Wendy.

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Evidently something had happened to upset her, and she had come to make her husband's lawyer the confidant of her troubles.

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The Count de Fersen was the principal agent and confidant of this hazardous enterprise.

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Make your dear mother your confidant in all your perplexities and trials.

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This confidant became his greatest favourite, and, indeed, ruler.

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I will never hide a thought from you; you shall be at once the confidant and the dear object of my tenderness.

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confidant

/ (ˌkɒnfɪˈdænt, ˈkɒnfɪˌdænt) /

a person, esp a man, to whom private matters are confided

C17: from French confident, from Italian confidente, n use of adj: trustworthy, from Latin confīdens confident