'Confidante' definitions:
Definition of 'confidante'
From: WordNet
noun
A female confidant
Definition of 'Confidante'
From: GCIDE
- Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante \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. [1913 Webster]
- You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]