Confidant
['kɒnfɪdænt;,kɒnfɪ'dænt;-dɑːnt] or ['kɑnfɪdænt]
Definition
(n. fem.) Alt. of Confidante
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bosom-friend, intimate friend, dear friend.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Confessor, adviser, confederate
ANT:Traitor, betrayer, rival
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Unserious Contents or Definition
CONFIDANTE n. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided by him to C.
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Examples
- Yet, that such was the case I now saw reason to fear; I even guessed her confidant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Whatever his sensations might have been, however, the stern old man would have no confidant. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- See the advantages of a cabman as a confidant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The artless woman had made a confidant of the boy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Meg was Amy's confidant and monitor, and by some strange attraction of opposites Jo was gentle Beth's. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Well, I've left two stories with a newspaperman, and he's to give his answer next week, whispered Jo, in her confidant's ear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Who makes you their confidant? Jane Austen. Emma.
- I had only one confidant--my brother Mycroft. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was not proud; and--_bonne d'enfants_ as I was--she would forthwith have made of me a sort of friend and confidant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Men and women never struggle so hard as when they struggle alone, without witness, counsellor, or confidant, unencouraged, unadvised, and unpitied. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Gutenberg had misgivings as to the wisdom of increasing his confidants, but he finally decided to trust them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They had played together as children, been the confidants of each other's little secrets, mutual aids and consolers in difficulty and sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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