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n. One to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed.

n. A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.

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

One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

n. A person intrusted with the confidence of another; one to whom secrets are confided; a confidential friend.

n. A part of a woman's coiffure usual in the seventeenth century; a small curl worn near the ear.

n. someone to whom private matters are confided

"His closest advisor and confidant is his wife and thereby FAIR GAME! tired of the election"

confidante   

friend   

confidante   

repository    confidante    secretary   

confidante    confidente    confident    intimate    privado   

counsellor    mentor    confidante    adviser    collaborator    counselors    helper    comforter    tutor    confessor