Definition for CON'FI-DENT

CON'FI-DENT, n.

One intrusted with secrets; a confidential or bosom friend. – Dryden. Coxe. Mitford. [This word has been usually, but improperly, written confidant. I have followed the regular English orthography, as Coxe and Mitford have done.]

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