confidante
noun
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Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning "a person in whom you confide things"), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Guinevere, usually relegated to the thankless role of traitorous wife, acts here as Arthur’s beloved confidante.
—Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Many agents who work with megastars say the key to their success is furiously safeguarding their clients’ privacy and stepping beyond the traditional role of salesperson to become more of a confidante.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2024
Including insight from his closest friends and confidantes, this comprehensive look at his life — written by his former assistant and close friend RoseMarie Terenzio and PEOPLE editor-at-large Liz McNeil — shows a new side of the beloved figure.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024
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“Confidante.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidante. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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