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confidante

noun con·fi·dante \same as confidant\

: a woman who is a trusted friend : a female confidant

Full Definition of CONFIDANTE

:  confidant; especially :  one who is a woman
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Origin of CONFIDANTE

French confidente, feminine of confident
First Known Use: 1662

Related to CONFIDANTE

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

Rhymes with CONFIDANTE

adamant, commandant, complaisant, confidant, cormorant, corposant, Corybant, covenant, dilettante, disenchant, gallivant, hierophant, interplant, pitcher plant, power plant, rubber plant, spider plant, sycophant

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