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
This fortunate rencontre adds the finishing touch to the interest of this most fascinating Kurdistan journey.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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
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
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