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† acquaintant Obs.|əˈkweɪntənt|
[a. Fr. acointant, later accointant, pr. pple. of accointer; see acquaint v.]
= acquaintance 3; by which it has now been disadvantageously superseded; there has perhaps been some confusion between the pl. acquaintants, -ans, and the collective acquaintance.
1611Cotgr., Rompre la paille avec, To fall out with a friend, companion, or familiar acquaintant. 1627Feltham Resolves ii. v. Wks. 1677, 169 If not for his own sake, yet for that of his children and acquaintants. 1694Lestrange Fables ccccliii. (ed. 6) 493 He finds his old Friend and Acquaintant. 1704Swift Tale of a Tub I. 164 (1768) He and his readers are become old acquaintants. |