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Webster 1913 Edition
Confidante
{ , }
Conˊfi-dant′
; 277),Noun.
masc.
Conˊfi-dante′
(?; 277)
, Noun.
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.
You love me for no other end
Than to become my
As such I keep no secret from your sight.
Than to become my
confidant
and friend;As such I keep no secret from your sight.
Dryden.