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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  CONFIDANT, :CONFIDANTE:, n.  One entrusted by A with the secrets of B,
  confided by _him_ to C.
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante
  \Con`fi*dante"\ (?; 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           You love me for no other end
           Than to become my confidant and friend;
           As such I keep no secret from your sight. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante
  \Con`fi*dante"\ (?; 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  confidant
       n : someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: intimate]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confidant
     n.
     A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  confidant
     n.
     A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  confidant
     n.
     A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  confidant
     n.
     A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confidant
     Englanti n.
     uskottu, luottohenkilö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confidant
     Engelska n.
     förtrogen person

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/
  المستشار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  confidant //ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt// //ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt// //ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt// 
  верен приятел, довереник
  person in whom one can confide

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/ 
  důvěrník

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/
  Vertraute , Vertrauter, Mitwissende , Mitwissender, Mitwisser , Mitwisserin 
     Synonym: familiar
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/
  
  έμπιστος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  confidant //ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt// //ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt// //ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt// 
  uskottu
  person in whom one can confide

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/ 
  1. दिली~दोस्त, विश्वास~पात्र
        "KPS Menon was Nehru's confidant."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/
  opunomoćenik, povjerenik

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/
  1. kebelbarát
  2. bizalmas

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  confidant /ˈkɒnfɪdænt/ 
    powiernik

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/ 
  confidente

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  confidant /kˈɒnfɪdˌant/
  1. sırdaş, dert ortağı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɑnfəˌdɑnt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "confidant":
     Dutch uncle, Polonius, acquaintance, admonisher, adviser, advocate,
     alter ego, amigo, backer, backseat driver, best friend,
     bosom friend, brother, buttinsky, casual acquaintance,
     close acquaintance, close friend, confidante, consultant, counsel,
     counselor, expert, familiar, favorer, fellow, fellow creature,
     fellowman, fidus Achates, friend, guide, inseparable friend,
     instructor, intimate, kibitzer, lover, man Friday, mate, meddler,
     mentor, monitor, neighbor, nestor, orienter, other self, partisan,
     pickup, preceptist, repository, right hand, right-hand man,
     second self, strong right hand, supporter, sympathizer, teacher,
     well-wisher
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 心腹朋友,知己;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 心腹朋友,知己

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