Montagnard
[ mon-tuhn-yahrd, -yahr ]
/ ˌmɒn tənˈyɑrd, -ˈyɑr /
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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mons veneris, Mont., Montadale, montage, Montagnais, Montagnard, Montagnier, Montagu, Montague, Montague grammar, Montagu's harrier
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Example sentences from the Web for Montagnard
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 SloaneProbably it is in a country where the language would be the Montagnard.
A Montagnard exclaimed, "He is choking with the blood of Danton."
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonEach Montagnard is a Jupiter in his own conceit, and hurls his thunderbolt with what force he may.
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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