Rendezvouses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\ (r?n"d?*v[=oo] or {r?n}"-; 277), n.;
     pl. {Rendezvouses} (r?n"d?-v[=oo]`z?z).
  
     Note: [Rare in the plural.] [F. rendez-vous, properly, render
           yourselves, repair to a place. See {Render}.]
     1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons


        customarily meet.
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              An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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     2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the
        ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for
        enlistment.
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              The king appointed his whole army to be drawn
              together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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     3. A meeting by appointment. --Sprat.
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     4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] --Shak.
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