The surname Quaintance is of French/Libyan origins. Quaintance means 'Son of the Skinny calves man'.
The first documented use of the surname was in the North Western costal areas of Libya, which had originally been settled by French explorers. The surname was common amongst the Ceehait (pronounced 'Sea-Hat') tribe which operated in the region. The most famous of the Ceehaits was Skreemer Quaintance who conducted numerous fishing raids into the territorial waters of Tunisia, however he was later to die of an unidentified illness, described in Arabic as 'Duef Aljism', roughly translated this means 'Weak body' or 'The weakness of the body'.
In modern day France the surname Quaintance is very rare, though it can still be found to be used on the Southern coast, mainly in the port city of Marseille. Throughout France the word 'Quaintance' is now commonly used to describe the beard of a fully grown man that is feminine or 'Hipster' in appearance.
The first documented use of the surname was in the North Western costal areas of Libya, which had originally been settled by French explorers. The surname was common amongst the Ceehait (pronounced 'Sea-Hat') tribe which operated in the region. The most famous of the Ceehaits was Skreemer Quaintance who conducted numerous fishing raids into the territorial waters of Tunisia, however he was later to die of an unidentified illness, described in Arabic as 'Duef Aljism', roughly translated this means 'Weak body' or 'The weakness of the body'.
In modern day France the surname Quaintance is very rare, though it can still be found to be used on the Southern coast, mainly in the port city of Marseille. Throughout France the word 'Quaintance' is now commonly used to describe the beard of a fully grown man that is feminine or 'Hipster' in appearance.
by The Fireblaster November 4, 2015
Typically a 'friend' within a website or online setting exclusively; which ironically don't allow for the depth of interaction, rapport and social connection that friends of a conventional nature share.
Her friends offered to drive her to her doctor's appointment; while her e-quaintance's weren't even aware she was ill.
by B M Crowe January 16, 2007
A person to whom one has at one point sent a successful social networking friends request or from whom one has accepted such request.
1: I really need to clean up my facebook friends list, my news feed is painful to scroll through: It's full of so many strangers' bullshit.
2: 'Yeah, gotta' love those almost-quaintances'!
2: 'Yeah, gotta' love those almost-quaintances'!
by ClownPuncture July 3, 2013
a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend nor have they ever met and ony communicate via the internet.
by megagina August 28, 2009