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One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

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  1. n. fem. One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
  2. n. a female confidant
  3. 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.
  4. n:100 n. a female confidant