Definitions
someone to whom private matters are confided
Word origin
Borrowed from French confident.
Used in a sentence
“Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]”
“One in thought and purpose, linked by the necessity of combating one hostile fate, a power antagonistic ever, — a power we lived to evade, — we had no confidants save ourselves.”
“'Of course'—implied the loyal manager, and 'Oh, of course; not a word,' assented his confidant.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Trusted secret keeper”9 letters
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