The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acquaintant
Acquaintant \Ac*quaint"ant\, n. [Cf. F. acointant, p. pr.]
An acquaintance. [R.]
--Swift.
Wiktionary
acquaintant
n. (context rare English) An acquaintance.
Usage examples of "acquaintant".
By the time that an author has writ out a book, he and his readers are become old acquaintants, and grow very loth to part.