rencontre
Americannoun
plural
rencontresEtymology
Origin of rencontre
From French
Example Sentences
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In an extraordinary passage, Silvio recalls that his adversary was late for their rencontre.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2017
This was in New York bay, where yachts, sailboats, rowboats, tugs, scows interfered with the decorum of such rencontre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having taken leave of the general, therefore, he proceeded toward home, and announced their rencontre to his wife.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
"And in twenty-four hours a rencontre took place with Herr von Stielow?" asked Countess Clam Gallas.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
I had scarcely seen a person except Father Ben�it since the affair at Cahors, and my cheek flamed at the thought of the rencontre before me.
From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John
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