{ Con`fi*dant" (?); 277), n. masc., Con`fi*dante" (?; 277), n. fem. }[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and cf. Confident.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

You love me for no other end
Than to become my confidant and friend;
As such I keep no secret from your sight.
Dryden.

• a female confidant