Confidante

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante
  \Con`fi*dante"\ (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente,
     formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See {Confide}, and
     cf. {Confident}.]
     One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of
     love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom


     friend.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           You love me for no other end
           Than to become my confidant and friend;
           As such I keep no secret from your sight. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  confidante
       n : a female confidant