confidante

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++con·fi·dante /ˈkɒnfədænt, ˌkɒnfəˈdænt, -ˈdɑːnt $ ˈkɑːnfədænt/ noun [countable]  SECRETa female confidant 女性知己[密友]

Examples from the Corpus

confidante• Marcel viewed his mother as a confidante and best friend.• Gareth Morgan, his deputy and confidante, waited for him in the large office with windows overlooking the City.• This fall has been difficult for the two of them, room-mates since their freshman year, best friends and confidantes.• As confidante to six offspring, all children of the Sixties, she knows whole worlds unfamiliar to me.• Lou was still the goddess of Marchmont Street, his confidante, his regular companion.• They had a special role in relation to stock-rearing and stock health and as the confidante and sounding board for the farmers' problems.Origin confidante (1700-1800) confident

con·fi·dante nounChineseSyllable  

confidant Corpus a female

confidante
con‧fi‧dante /ˈkɒnfədænt, ˈkɒnfɪdænt, ˌkɒnfəˈdænt, -ˈdɑːnt $ ˈkɑːnfədænt/ noun [countable]a female confidant