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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  You  love  me  for  no  other  end  Than  to  become  my 
  confidant  and  friend;  As  such  I  keep  no  secret  from 
  your  sight.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  confidante 
  n  :  a  female  confidant 




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