confidente

American  

[kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt] / ˌkɒn fɪˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt, ˈkɒn fɪˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt /

Or confidante

noun

1. a sofa or settee, especially of the 18th century, having a triangular seat at each end divided from the greater part of the seat by an armrest.

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Etymology

Origin of confidente

< French, special use of confidente female confidant

Example Sentences

In January 2018, Brigitte Macron: L’affranchie came out, followed four months later by Brigitte Macron: La confidente.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2019

Look round you for a companion, a confidente; a tender amiable friend, with all the charms of a mistress: above all, be certain of her affection, that you engage, that you fill her whole soul.

From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances

I left the theatre after the first act of La Mère confidente.

From A Mummer's Tale by Roche, Charles E.

But he was, after some triall, so confidente, as he caused them to send carpenters to rear a great frame for a large house, to receive ye salte & such other uses.

From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William

They were beginning the figure called la confidente.

From The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance