Montgomery

American  

[mont-guhm-uh-ree, -guhm-ree] / mɒntˈgʌm ə ri, -ˈgʌm ri /

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.

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Montgomery ¹ British  

/ məntˈɡʌmərɪ /

noun

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

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Montgomery ² British  

/ məntˈɡʌmərɪ /

noun

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

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One of his students, John Stewart, shared his interest in folk, and they started a trio, with John Montgomery, called the Cumberland Three.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“For Warsh, yelling about it but not hiking because inflation is coming down is the best of all worlds,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Montgomery, the state capital, is over 60% African American.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Montgomery then scorched a line drive up the first-base line — into Freeman’s glove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

At a mass meeting in Selma, King called for a “motorcade” of protesters—“carloads of people from all over the state to march on the capitol” in Montgomery.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman