[ US /ˈkɑnfəˌdænt/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒnfɪdˈɑːnte‍ɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a female confidant
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How To Use confidante In A Sentence

  • At this present their go-between and confidante is a slave-girl who hath till now kept their counsel, but I fear lest haply anxiety get the better of her and she discover their secret to some one and the matter, being bruited abroad, might bring me to great grief and prove the cause of my ruin; for I have no excuse to offer my accusers. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • You are her closest friend and confidante.
  • She became my best friend and confidante and penfriend.
  • We cannot install any of our circle among the young lady's confidantes; Salisbury suspects them all as recusants, and advises Lord Harington whom to keep and whom to expel.
  • Historically, Navy chaplains have been counsellors, confidantes and carers for sailors with Christian and non-Christian backgrounds.
  • The villagers entered the hut then, and it became obvious to John that these were not ordinary Santa's helpers, but his closest confidantes and helpmates.
  • The mafioso is seduced – more irony – by his opponent's embodiment of British "fair play" and Makepiece becomes a naive confidante and go-between in the proposed trade-off with MI6. Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré
  • Jackson, his chief of staff and confidante, is revered as someone who can deliver him news that he won't hear from anyone else. The rise, fall and rise of John Boehner
  • He was just two when we got together, so it wasn't easy, but now she is a friend and a confidante for him, someone who's not a parent.
  • She accompanies the bride to her new home and functions as a companion, adviser and confidante.
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