acquaintance -
n. 1 (usu. foll. by with) slight knowledge (of a person or thing).
2 the fact or process of being acquainted (
our acquaintance lasted a year).
3 a person one knows slightly.
make one's acquaintance first meet or introduce oneself to another person. make the acquaintance of come to know.
acquaintanceship n. [ME f. OF acointance (as ACQUAINT)]
