Cŏn'fi-dănt' or Cŏn'fi-dănte', n. m.

n. m., Cŏn'fi-dănte', n. f. (Synop., § 130). [O. Fr. confidant, confidante, N. Fr. confident, confidente.] One to whom secrets are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. [Written also confident.]

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