confidante

UK /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/ US /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

A female confidant.

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.

2

A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.

Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings.

3

Nonstandard spelling of confidant (male).

To Major Smiley, as his friend, his adviser, and his confidante, Adolphus Fitzopal had opened his heart […]

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.

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