|
|
Definition of Acquaintanceship
1. Noun. A relationship less intimate than friendship.
Definition of Acquaintanceship
1. n. A state of being acquainted; acquaintance.
Definition of Acquaintanceship
1. Noun. The state of being acquainted; acquaintance. ¹
2. Noun. An acquaintance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquaintanceship
Literary usage of Acquaintanceship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"... the lands of his Prussian majesty.5 The new minister took the earliest
opportunity to renew and extend this acquaintanceship by journeys of inspection. ..."
2. Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt by Lawrence Fraser Abbott (1919)
"IMPRESSIONS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAPTER I acquaintanceship I FORMED the Roosevelt
habit early. In the autumn of 1881 Theodore Roosevelt was elected as a ..."
3. Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres: Or, Reminiscences of the Life of a Former by Vincent Nolte (1854)
"... by Mr. Hottinguer himself—An interesting acquaintanceship formed on the way
to Boulogne—I embark at Liverpool on board of the steamer Liverpool Packet, ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"acquaintanceship to acquaintance, as an abstract noun. ... They struck up an
acquaintanceship —Samuel Hopkins Adams, Incredible Era, 1939 found an ..."
5. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S.: Modern Discoverer of the by Henry Johnson (1907)
"... Development of the sea-route stopped by speculators—Russian disaster—Voyages
of Wiggins in southern seas — acquaintanceship with General Gordon. ..."
6. Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres; Or, Reminiscences of the Life of a Former by Vincent Otto Nolte (1854)
"... interesting acquaintanceship formed on the way to Boulogne—I embark at Liverpool
on board of the steamer Liverpool Packet, which brings over the first ..."
7. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"Her father was a painter, and from him she gained a minute acquaintanceship with
the technicalities of art. She married Mr. Jameson, a barrister, ..."
Other Resources:
