Montgomery

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

/ mɒntˈgʌm ə ri, -ˈgʌm ri /

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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.

Lucy Maud, 1874–1942, Canadian writer, creator of Anne of Green Gables.

Richard, 1736–75, American Revolutionary general.

Wes John Leslie Montgomery, 1925–68, U.S. jazz guitarist.

a city in and the capital of Alabama, in the central part, on the Alabama River.

a town in SW Ohio.

Montgomeryshire.

a male given name.

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How to use Montgomery in a sentence

They include signed photographs of Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery, as well as paintings and a red leather despatch box.
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Montgomery Clift, who was most likely gay, drank himself to death.
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The president of the Montgomery NAACP, Pullman porter E. D. Nixon, saw an opportunity.
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For 381 days, no black person in Montgomery with a shred of self-esteem rode the bus.
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Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
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Bernard was uncomfortable enough not to care to be mocked; but he felt even more sorry that Gordon should be.
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Bernard, professing great alacrity, looked about him; but he still lingered near his companions.
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Bernard sat thinking for a long time; at first with a good deal of mortification—at last with a good deal of bitterness.
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"I congratulate you on your engagement," he said at last, looking up with a face that seemed to Bernard hard and unnatural.
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British Dictionary definitions for Montgomery (1 of 2)

Montgomery¹

/ (məntˈɡʌmərɪ) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for Montgomery (2 of 2)

Montgomery²

/ (məntˈɡʌmərɪ) /

noun

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)

L (ucy) M (aud). 1874–1942, Canadian writer; her novels include Anne of Green Gables (1908) and its sequels.

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