'Rendezvouses' definitions:

Definition of 'Rendezvouses'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. [1913 Webster]
  • The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A meeting by appointment. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]