confidante

noun

Etymology: From French confidente.

1. A female confidant.

   “Dany’s descent into madness is coming, of that there’s no doubt, especially given that the episode ends with the execution of her confidante Missandei.”

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.”

3. Nonstandard spelling of confidant (male).

   “To Major Smiley, as his friend, his adviser, and his confidante, Adolphus Fitzopal had opened his heart […]”

   “Henry Wilberforce was one of his few confidantes, certainly the one of longest standing, now that Bowden and Froude were gone and Rogers declined to correspond with him.”