Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.

   2. 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.
                                                  --Clarendon.

   3. A meeting by appointment. --Sprat.

   4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] --Shak.