Montgomery

[ mont-guhm-uh-ree, -guhm-ree ]

noun

1. Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Monty, 1887–1976, British field marshal: World War II commander of British 8th Army in Africa and Europe.
2. Lucy Maud, 1874–1942, Canadian writer, creator of Anne of Green Gables.
3. Richard, 1736–75, American Revolutionary general.
4. Wes John Leslie Montgomery, 1925–68, U.S. jazz guitarist.
5. a city in and the capital of Alabama, in the central part, on the Alabama River.
6. a town in SW Ohio.
7. Montgomeryshire.
8. a male given name.

Montgomery

¹

/ məntˈɡʌmərɪ /

noun

1. a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River: state capital; capital of the Confederacy (1861). Pop: 200 123 (2003 est)

Montgomery

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/ məntˈɡʌmərɪ /

noun

1. MontgomeryBernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein18871976MBritishMILITARY: general Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, nicknamed Monty. 1887–1976, British field marshal. As commander of the 8th Army in North Africa, he launched the offensive, beginning with the victory at El Alamein (1942), that drove Rommel's forces back to Tunis. He also commanded the ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1944) and accepted Germany's surrender at Lüneburg Heath (May 7, 1945)
2. MontgomeryL(ucy) M(aud)18741942FCanadianWRITING: writer L ( ucy ) M ( aud ). 1874–1942, Canadian writer; her novels include Anne of Green Gables (1908) and its sequels.

Example Sentences

They include signed photographs of Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery, as well as paintings and a red leather despatch box.

From The Daily Beast

Montgomery Clift, who was most likely gay, drank himself to death.

From The Daily Beast

The president of the Montgomery NAACP, Pullman porter E. D. Nixon, saw an opportunity.

From The Daily Beast

For 381 days, no black person in Montgomery with a shred of self-esteem rode the bus.

From The Daily Beast

Actually, Rosa Parks refused to move, and kept her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

From The Daily Beast

Anne Montgomery is the most conspicuous victim of what are generally supposed to be the higher affections that I know.

From Project Gutenberg

Attucks was killed by Montgomery, one of Captain Preston's soldiers.

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Miss Montgomery had a lingering sense of humor, but it suited her to look young and pretty once more, if only for a night.

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Miss Montgomery called as Isabel and Gwynne were sitting down to luncheon at two o'clock.

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But the land could be sold conditionally, and once more Miss Montgomery suggested building.

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