Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who confides; one who trusts in or intrusts to another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who confides.
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- noun One who
confides .
Etymologies
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Examples
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• But. laying 'afide enquiries of this nature,,' let us confider which is the moft. probable way of getting at the knowledge of it with, greateft eafe and certainty.
Letters Concerning Education: Addressed to a Gentleman Entering at the ... 1785
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And, yes, she (like Ted Kennedy, not merely her uncle but her mentor and confider who consults her on every major move he makes) opposed the Iraq war from the start.
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But I do prefer to be the confidante rather than the confider.
In Confidence 2006
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To the Handsome Man in Yellow who has been both confider and confidant;
A Love Letter to Great Friends Jay 2007
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To the Handsome Man in Yellow who has been both confider and confidant;
Archive 2007-06-01 Jay 2007
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He became a confider of intimate secrets, assuring each confidant that he or she was the only person he could trust.
The Fall of Roberto Polo Dunne, Dominick 1988
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Jimmy adroitly abandoned the position of confidant, and seized that of confider.
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Dagobert's wife answered "amen," as was proper, said her confider to "It is my fault," gave an account of the manner in which she had performed her last penance, and then proceeded to the enumeration of the new sins, committed since she had received absolution.
The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830
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Dagobert's wife answered "amen," as was proper, said her confider to "It is my fault," gave an account of the manner in which she had performed her last penance, and then proceeded to the enumeration of the new sins, committed since she had received absolution.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 03 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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Indeed if men would but rightly confider the nature of an oath they would never take it without fear and trembling, even tho 'what they were about to swear was truth, if ye were to appear before the President, who is but your fellow creature, would you not approach him with awe and reverence?
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