rencontre
Americannoun
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Etymology
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
He felt a certain excitement in the rencontre under the circumstances.
From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John
And, amazed as much at this strange rencontre, as at the man's boldness, I sprang up and strode forwards, forgetting, in an impulse of righteous anger, the office he came to do.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
An unexpected rencontre which awaited me on my return to the Arsenal both confirmed me in this resolution and enabled me to carry it into effect.
From The Snowball by Weyman, Stanley John
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