Meaning
1 sensesA person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
Vertrauter
дове́ренное лицо́dovérennoje licó, напе́рсникnapérsnik
More definitions
- someone to whom private matters are confided
Examples
10 sentencesHe is my boss's friend and confidant.
I want you to become my confidant.
If you want to vent, leave me alone and find yourself a confidant!
You're my confidant.
Madame de Pompadour was the King' confidant.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
person in whom one can confide:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person in whom one can confide:
Origin
Borrowed from French confident.Borrowed from French confident.
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Forms
plural: confidants| Singular | confidant |
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| Plural | confidants |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- someone to whom private matters are confided:intimate
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedconfide