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quaintance

quaintance noun: acquaintance.

Noun

quaintance (plural quaintances)

  1. (dated) acquaintance

Proper noun capitalized: Quaintance

Quaintance (plural Quaintances)

  1. A surname.

Forms of quaintance

Noun
pluralquaintances
Proper noun
pluralQuaintances

Questions about quaintance

What does quaintance mean?
Quaintance means acquaintance.
What part of speech is quaintance?
Quaintance can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of quaintance?
The plural of quaintance is quaintances.

Words near quaintance in the dictionary

  1. quaillike
  2. quails
  3. quaily
  4. Quain
  5. quaint
  6. quaintance
  7. quaintances
  8. quainted
  9. quainter
  10. quaintest
  11. quaintish

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