confidant

noun

USKON-fi-dahnt/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/UKkon-fi-DANT/ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/

Pluralconfidants

1 meaning of confidant

1
nouncountable
A trusted person to whom one can tell private thoughts and secrets.
Over the years, the queen's confidant heard every fear she dared not voice aloud.
Her closest confidants were sworn to keep the matter strictly between them.
Similarintimate, friend, adviser, companion

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Origin

The word comes from French "confident."