confidant
confidant
[ˈkɒnfɪdant, ˌkɒnfɪˈdant, -dɑːnt]
(fem.阴性confidante 读音同.)
[ˈkɒnfɪdant, ˌkɒnfɪˈdant, -dɑːnt]
(fem.阴性confidante 读音同.)
- a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others
（可向之透露秘密或个人私事的）密友，知己
- mid 17th cent.: alteration of confident (as a noun in the same sense in the early 17th cent.), probably to represent the pronunciation of French confidente 'having full trust'
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