rencontre
Americannoun
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
Shortly afterwards the two Irishmen, who had made such a rare rencontre, bade their farewells to the Frenchman and his grand-daughter, and left.
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus
It was annoying, too, to be received at each new rencontre as a surprise--as the reverse of all that had been expected and all that had been, as he feared, hoped.
From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John
It is needless to dwell upon the mutual surprise of both parties at such a rencontre.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
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