Meanings
nounacquaintant (plural acquaintants)
plural acquaintants
- rareAn acquaintance.
By the time that an author hath written out a book, he and his readers are become old acquaintants
1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section CONCLUSION”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC
Origin
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