Montagnard

[ mon-tuhn-yahrd, -yahr ]

noun

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

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

Montagnard

/ -ˈjɑː; ˌmɒntənˈjɑːd /

noun

1. a member of a hill people living on the border between Vietnam, Laos, and NE Cambodia
2. a member of a North American Indian people living in the N Rocky Mountains

Word History and Origins

Origin of Montagnard¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Montagnard¹

C19: from French: mountaineer, from montagne mountain

Example Sentences

Each Montagnard is a Jupiter in his own conceit, and hurls his thunderbolt with what force he may.

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Le btail ne sauroit pturer dans de telles prairies; mais l'industrieux montagnard fait y faucher29.

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Puis, Nic Deck commena grimper le long de la chane, et ce ne fut qu'un jeu pour ses muscles de montagnard.

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The young artillery commander was considered by all at Nice to be a pronounced (p. 242) "Montagnard," that is, an extreme Jacobin.

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Probably it is in a country where the language would be the Montagnard.

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