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noun
Friends and acquaintances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
An acquaintance or a friend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, usually
Qualifier: rustic
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noun
A person who is not related to a child but has social connections to the child's family, especially when considered as a caregiver or possible caregiver for the child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable, usually
Qualifier: social work
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noun
your friends and acquaintances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: social group
History
From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
