See confidant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "rún"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "rúna"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "konfidencario"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rúnaí"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anamchara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cara rúin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rúnchara"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bıtane",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "بطانه"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "namus",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "ناموس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "powiernik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "powierniczka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zausznik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zausznica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "confidente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "doverennoje lico",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "доверенное лицо"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napersnik",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наперсник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "confidente"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "kapalagayang-loob"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "dert ortağı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person in whom one can confide",
"word": "sırdaş"
}
],
"word": "confidant"
}
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