noun
confidante
Confidante (noun) means a woman that someone trusts enough to share their private thoughts and feelings with.
noun
1
A woman that someone trusts enough to share their private thoughts and feelings with.
"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."
— Danette Chavez, Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies) (2019)
2
A type of sofa with a seat at each end set at an angle to the main seat.
"Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings."
— TC Boyle, Water Music (1982)
3
A nonstandard spelling of confidant (male).
"Henry Wilberforce was one of his few confidantes, certainly the one of longest standing, now that Bowden and Froude were gone and Rogers declined to correspond with him."
— Paul Misner, Papacy and Development: Newman and the Primacy of the Pope (1976)
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Etymology
Comes from French confidente.
Rhymes for confidante
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What is the meaning of confidante?
"confidante" (noun) means a woman that someone trusts enough to share their private thoughts and feelings with.
What are the different meanings of confidante?
"confidante" has 3 main meanings: 1. A woman that someone trusts enough to share their private thoughts and feelings with; 2. A type of sofa with a seat at each end set at an angle to the main seat; 3. A nonstandard spelling of confidant (male).
