acquaintance


acquaintance (http://definr.com/acquaintance)

     n 1: personal knowledge or information about someone or something
          [syn: familiarity, conversance, conversancy]
     2: a relationship less intimate than friendship [syn: acquaintanceship]
     3: a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble
        remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are
        friends of the family" [syn: friend]