Emily Dickinson Lexicon
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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