confidante

confidante

English

Etymology

From French confidente.

Noun

confidante (plural confidantes)

1. A female confidant.
   • 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 28 January 2021:

     Dany’s descent into madness is coming, of that there’s no doubt, especially given that the episode ends with the execution of her confidante Missandei.

2. A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 20:

     Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings.

Translations

female confidant

German: Vertraute f

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Italian

Participle

confidante (plural confidanti)

1. present participle of confidare