rencontre
Americannoun
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rencontres
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rencontre
From French
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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
After what I had gone through, this unexpected rencontre brought me back to life and a belief in the proprieties of a civilised existence, almost forgotten by now!
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by A. H. Savage Landor
"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 Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding
Perhaps Wessex would not have taken notice of it, except that his every thought was filled with a strange excitement since the rencontre of the afternoon.
From The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The Expos themselves have been missing in action, losing about 90 of 162 rencontres each season.
From Time Magazine Archive
But extraordinary rencontres are commonplace in Borrow’s career.
From The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' by John Sampson
Records of these rencontres of the U.B.C.’s will be found in tables at the end of this volume, together with a history of Henley past and future.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
Young M'Coy fought by the side of his father in this and many other rencontres, in one of which he had the great good fortune to save his father's life.
From The Life of General Francis Marion by M. L. (Mason Locke) Weems
The two similar rencontres near Teapa and Cimatan.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
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