confidant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: confidant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for confidant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confidant n someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confidant \Con`fidant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante \Con`fidante"\ (?; 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.