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

The reading parts were so distributed by the manager, the Princess, that she herself got the Princess, Julienne the confidente Leonore, Albano the Poet Tasso, a youthful-cheeked Chamberlain the Duke, and Froulay Alphonso.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

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

They were beginning the figure called la confidente.

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

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