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/rˈɑndɪvˌu/ Listen

noun

Rendezvous n. (pl. rendezvouses) (Rare in the plural)

A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. "An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers."

Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. "The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough."

A meeting by appointment.

Retreat; refuge. (Obs.)

verb

Rendezvous v. t. To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.

Rendezvous v. i. (past & past part. rendezvoused; pres. part. rendezvousing) To assemble or meet at a particular place.

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Etymology of 'Rendezvous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rendezvous" Quotes from Famous Books

... launched by Enrico Malatesta and some friends in Apulia. A heavy chest of guns had been dispatched from Tarentum to a station in the province of Bari, from which it was carried on a cart to the old chateau of Castel del Monte, which had been chosen as the rendezvous. "Many hundreds of conspirators," Malatesta recounts, "had promised to meet at Castel del Monte. I arrived, but of all those who had sworn to be there we found ourselves six. No matter. We opened the box of arms and found it was filled with old percussion guns, but that made no difference. ...

— Violence and the Labor Movement • Robert Hunter

... is not my affair, for I only obey my chief. However, senors, 'tis no evil that is contemplated, only we prefer guarding the secrets of this valley ourselves. That is what angers Mendez, the fact that Lacy uses this rendezvous as a prison during our absence. We found one here when we returned—guarded by an American. Now you come with another. Caramba! You think we stand this quietly? How do we know what may result from such acts? What sheriff's posse may ...

— The Strange Case of Cavendish • Randall Parrish

... hotel. I met him coming out of the room vis-a-vis to ours across the passage. We went in to our quarters, and sat in wicker-lined rocking-chairs (relic of the time when the Yankee had Port Mahon for a rendezvous), and he told me many things. "But," he concluded, "it was the music that drove me out. Those dark-eyed factory girls were just fine, and la marguerita as a dance perfection. But the orchestra was an addition I couldn't ...

— The Recipe for Diamonds • Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

... never to receive. By midnight, upwards of four hundred men had gathered at the rendezvous in the mountains. John divided the force into four bodies, and gave each their orders as to the part that they were to take; and then marched down the hill, crossed the river, and advanced towards ...

— For the Temple - A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem • G. A. Henty

... lake. Caldera Bay is presumed to be the harbor in which Columbus on his fourth voyage rode out the great hurricane of 1502 which demolished the infant city of Santo Domingo and sunk the gold fleet that had just set sail for Spain. This harbor was a rendezvous for the Spanish war vessels and transports in 1861 when Spain resumed control of Santo Domingo and again in 1865 when she relinquished possession. The extent and depth of Caldera Bay are claimed to be sufficient to accommodate the largest ships, but vessels seldom venture ...

— Santo Domingo - A Country With A Future • Otto Schoenrich

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