Definition of "rencontre" [ren•con•tre]

• A chance meeting or encounter. (noun)

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• "We had better have it what they call a rencontre down there, where two gentlemen propose to kill each other on sight."
• "Dans son chemin rencontre le grand saint Nicolas, Dieu, aidez-moi!"
• "This terrible 'rencontre' threw her into such a fright, that for three days she lived in constant terror, scarcely daring to venture out, even on the most urgent business, and always fearing lest she should see again the ferocious Anatolian."