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   confidant

   /ˈkɒnfɪdant/

   noun

   • 1. a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others: "a close confidante of the princess"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: alteration of confident (as a noun in the same sense in the early 17th century), probably to represent the pronunciation of French confidente ‘having full trust’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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