confidant
nounUS /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/ · UK /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/
Etymology Borrowed from French confident.
1
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
- Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, William Miller, published 1808, page 223:
- One in thought and purpose, linked by the necessity of combating one hostile fate, a power antagonistic ever, — a power we lived to evade, — we had no confidants save ourselves.1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 5:
2 more examples
- 'Of course'—implied the loyal manager, and 'Oh, of course; not a word,' assented his confidant.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
- Bankman-Fried’s confidants were along for the ride. At his side was Caroline Ellison, Alameda’s CEO and his on-again, off-again lover.2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2024: