confidant

/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/

UK: /ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt/

KⱭN · fɪ · dɑnt (3 syllables)

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Definition

A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

From French confident.

"Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]"
"One in thought and purpose, linked by the necessity of combating one hostile fate, a power antagonistic ever, - a power we lived to evade, - we had no confidants save ourselves."
"Bankman-Fried’s confidants were along for the ride. At his side was Caroline Ellison, Alameda’s CEO and his on-again, off-again lover."