Montagnard

[ mon-tuhn-yahrd, -yahr ]

/ ˌmɒn tənˈyɑrd, -ˈyɑr /

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noun, plural Mon·ta·gnards, (especially collectively) Mon·ta·gnard.

(sometimes lowercase) a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed ethnic origins inhabiting the highland areas of Vietnam.

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Origin of Montagnard

1835–45; <French: literally, mountaineer. See mountain, -ard

Words nearby Montagnard

mons veneris, Mont., Montadale, montage, Montagnais, Montagnard, Montagu, Montague, Montague grammar, Montagu's harrier, Montaigne

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How to use Montagnard in a sentence

Each Montagnard is a Jupiter in his own conceit, and hurls his thunderbolt with what force he may.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 401, March 1849|Various
Le btail ne sauroit pturer dans de telles prairies; mais l'industrieux montagnard fait y faucher29.
Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)|James Hutton
Puis, Nic Deck commena grimper le long de la chane, et ce ne fut qu'un jeu pour ses muscles de montagnard.
Le chteau des Carpathes|Jules Verne
The young artillery commander was considered by all at Nice to be a pronounced (p. 242) "Montagnard," that is, an extreme Jacobin.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

Probably it is in a country where the language would be the Montagnard.
Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Montagnard

Montagnard

/ (ˌmɒntənˈjɑːd, -ˈjɑː) /

noun plural -gnards or -gnard

a member of a hill people living on the border between Vietnam, Laos, and NE Cambodia

a member of a North American Indian people living in the N Rocky Mountains

Word Origin for Montagnard

C19: from French: mountaineer, from montagne mountain

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