Acquaintant

//əˈkweɪntənt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An acquaintance. rare

    "By the time that an author hath written out a book, he and his readers are become old acquaintants"

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"By the time that an author hath written out a book, he and his readers are become old acquaintants"

Etymology

From acquaint + -ant.

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