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acquaintants

acquaintants is the plural of acquaintant.

Meaning of acquaintant

Noun

acquaintant (plural acquaintants)

  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

Questions about acquaintants

What is acquaintants the plural of?
Acquaintants is the plural of acquaintant.

Words near acquaintants in the dictionary

  1. acquaintances
  2. acquaintanceship
  3. acquaintanceships
  4. acquaintancy
  5. acquaintant
  6. acquaintants
  7. acquaintaunce
  8. acquaintaunces
  9. acquainted
  10. acquaintedness
  11. acquaintence

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