Confidante
[,kɒnfɪ'dænt] or ['kɑnfə,dænt]
Definition
(n. fem.) One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
Typed by Denis
Examples
- Aunt Dodo was chief playmate and confidante of both children, and the trio turned the little house topsy-turvy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was a confidante at once of the whole business. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I'm sober and sensible enough for anyone's confidante now. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A wife could not be her husband's companion, much less his confidante, much less his stay. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Wirt was the confidante of this intrigue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He made a confidante of his aunt at the Rectory, of all persons in the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Miss Pinkerton would have tried to check this blind devotion very likely, had she been Amelia's confidante; but not with much success, depend upon it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She had no confidante, so to speak, ever since she had anything to confide. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Forgive me; and if you persist in indifference, do not make me your confidante. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Get yourselves married as they do in France, where the lawyers are the bridesmaids and confidantes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Wilhelmina