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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

... to San Juan de Luz, where he remained for fifteen days, and he then proceeded to Havana, the rendezvous of the army and of the fleet. Eighteen days later he embarked in a vessel bound for Cartagena, where there was a good port, sheltered from all winds. Upon his return to Havana Champlain met his general and ...

— The Makers of Canada: Champlain • N. E. Dionne

... leads you. War is not for women. The rendezvous is in Kioff. Thither my father Will lead a levy of three thousand horse. My sister's husband gives two thousand more, And the Don sends a Cossack host in aid. Do you all swear you will be ...

— Demetrius - A Play • Frederich Schiller

... been avoided, at least after night-fall, by all human beings, as being the ordinary resort of kelpies, spunkies, and other demons, once the companions of the witch's diabolical revels, and now continuing to rendezvous upon the same spot, as if still in attendance on their transformed mistress. Hobbie's natural hardihood, however, manfully combated with these intrusive sensations of awe. He summoned to his side ...

— The Black Dwarf • Sir Walter Scott

... all his tenants and retainers were compelled to grind their corn. It commanded a beautiful view of sea and land; a hostelry stood near the summit, it was called the Cross in Hand, for it was once the rendezvous of the would-be crusaders, who, from various parts of the Weald, took the sacred badge, and started for the distant East via Winchelsea ...

— The House of Walderne - A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars • A. D. Crake

... vigor spent in vain. It was decided that a ball should be given to the volunteers of Rouen two nights before their departure for the State rendezvous, and it should be made the noblest festival in Rouen's history; the subscribers took their oath to it. They rented the big dining-room at the Rouen House, covered the floor with smooth cloth, and hung ...

— The Two Vanrevels • Booth Tarkington

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