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confidantes

confidantes is the plural of confidante.

Meaning of confidante

Noun

confidante (plural confidantes)

  1. A female confidant.
    • Go to the docks tonight. There a blonde confidante will be waiting for you.
  2. A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
    • Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 20

Questions about confidantes

What is confidantes the plural of?
Confidantes is the plural of confidante.

Words near confidantes in the dictionary

  1. confettis
  2. confetto
  3. confidable
  4. confidant
  5. confidante
  6. confidantes
  7. confidantly
  8. confidants
  9. confide
  10. confided
  11. confidee

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