acquaintant

noun

acquaintant

noun

/əˈkweɪntənt/

Etymology From acquaint + -ant.

1

Rare An acquaintance.

  • By the time that an author hath written out a book, he and his readers are become old acquaintants1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section CONCLUSION”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC:

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