confidante

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confidante

  • /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/

Where it comes from

From French confidente.

noun confidantes

  1. A female confidant. Go to the docks tonight. There a blonde confidante will be waiting for you.
  2. A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats. Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings.
  3. nonstandard Nonstandard spelling of confidant (male). To Major Smiley, as his friend, his adviser, and his confidante, Adolphus Fitzopal had opened his heart […]

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noun female confidant

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"confidante." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/confidante. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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confidante. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/confidante

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"confidante." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/confidante.

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@misc{confidante_2026,
  title = {confidante},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confidante},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}