intimate+acquaintance

  • 21intimate — Close in friendship or acquaintance, familiar, near, confidential. Atkins Corporation v. Tourny, 6 Cal.2d 206, 57 P.2d 480, 484. To communicate indirectly; to hint or suggest …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22intimate — Close in friendship or acquaintance, familiar, near, confidential. Atkins Corporation v. Tourny, 6 Cal.2d 206, 57 P.2d 480, 484. To communicate indirectly; to hint or suggest …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23nodding acquaintance — n. 1. a slight, not intimate, acquaintance with a person or thing 2. a person whom one knows slightly …

    English World dictionary

  • 24with — Acquaintance Ac*quaint ance, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF. acointance, fr. acointier. See {Acquaint}.] 1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25friend — friend, acquaintance, intimate, confidant are comparable when they designate a person, especially not related by blood, with whom one is on good and, usually, familiar terms. Friend, in its application, ranges from a person who is not hostile or… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 26Gospel of Saint John —     Gospel of St. John     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gospel of St. John     This subject will be considered under the following heads:     I. Contents and Scheme of the Gospel;     II. Distinctive Peculiarities;     III. Authorship;     IV.… …

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  • 27Richard Porson — (25 December 1759 ndash; 25 September 1808) was an English classical scholar. He was the discoverer of Porson s Law; and the Greek typeface Porson was based on his handwriting. Early lifeHe was born at East Ruston, near North Walsham, in Norfolk …

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  • 28Arthur Kellermann — Dr. Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P. (born 1955) was recently named the Director of RAND Health. He was the founding chairman of the department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and founding… …

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  • 29Gottlieb Schuler — Gottlieb Frederick Henry Schuler (1854 – 1926) was an Australian journalist.He was of German parentage and was born at sea on 24 February 1854. He came to Australia With his parents at the age of two, and was educated at Bendigo. After leaving… …

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  • 30conversation — /kon veuhr say sheuhn/, n. 1. informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy. 2. an instance of this. 3. association or social intercourse; intimate acquaintance. 4. See… …

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