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Word: Confidant
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: alteration of confident (as a noun in the same sense in the early 17th century), probably to represent the pronunciation of French confidente ‘having full trust’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒnfɪdant
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkɒnfɪˈdant
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkɒnfɪˈdɑːnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others
Short Definition:person with whom one shares secret or private matter
Examples:- a close confidante of the princess
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