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comparative more confident, superlative most confident
Very sure of something; positive. examples
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself. examples
(obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent. quotations
I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.
1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, I.2
plural confidents
Obsolete form of confidant. quotations examples
He managed this consultation with exceeding secrecy, admitting only four or five of his confidents, on whom he most relied
1684, John Dryden, The History of the League, translation of Histoire de la Ligue by Louis Maimbourg
a certain Lawyer , a great Confident of the Rebels
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727