confidante

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Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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[1]:
      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

Italian

Verb

confidante

  1. present participle of confidare
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