单词	confidante
释义	confidantecon‧fi‧dante /ˈkɒnfədænt, ˌkɒnfəˈdænt, -ˈdɑːnt $ ˈkɑːnfədænt/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINconfidante Origin: 1700-1800 confident Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Marcel viewed his mother as a confidante and best friend. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As confidante to six offspring, all children of the Sixties, she knows whole worlds unfamiliar to me. Gareth Morgan, his deputy and confidante, waited for him in the large office with windows overlooking the City. Lou was still the goddess of Marchmont Street, his confidante, his regular companion. They had a special role in relation to stock-rearing and stock health and as the confidante and sounding board for the farmers' problems. This fall has been difficult for the two of them, room-mates since their freshman year, best friends and confidantes. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► close · But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana's closest confidantes.· Share a professional concern with a close confidante or intimate Saturday, but come Sunday you must get on your soapbox. a female confidant
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