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
Hence came the warlike meaning—which it still retains—of the word rencontre.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
Soon after her rencontre with the Swedish vessel, it was said that two English frigates chased off the southern coast an American sloop-of-war, and while in pursuit were struck with a heavy squall.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
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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