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confidant

noun con·fi·dant \ˈkän-fə-ˌdänt also -ˌdant, -dənt\

: a trusted friend you can talk to about personal and private things

Full Definition of CONFIDANT

:  one to whom secrets are entrusted; especially :  intimate
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Origin of CONFIDANT

French confident, from Italian confidente, from confidente confident, trustworthy, from Latin confident-, confidens
First Known Use: 1646

Related to CONFIDANT

Synonyms
alter ego, amigo, buddy, chum, compadre, comrade, friend, confidante, crony, familiar, intimate, mate [chiefly British], musketeer, pal
Antonyms
enemy, foe

Rhymes with CONFIDANT

bon vivant, commandant, complaisant, debridement, debutant, debutante, dilettante, John of Gaunt, intrigant, nonchalant, poste restante, symbiont

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