Montagnard
Americannoun
plural
Montagnards,plural
Montagnardnoun
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a member of a hill people living on the border between Vietnam, Laos, and NE Cambodia
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a member of a North American Indian people living in the N Rocky Mountains
Etymology
Origin of Montagnard
1835–45; < French: literally, mountaineer. See mountain, -ard
Example Sentences
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Earlier in the year Thailand also sent a Vietnamese Montagnard activist back to Vietnam.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025
Or civilian and official Mike Benge, from Heppner, Ore., an expert on Montagnard affairs, who disappeared into Viet Cong captivity in the Central Highlands.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2018
BANGKOK, Thailand — During the Vietnam War, Kanh Kpa’s indigenous Montagnard relatives fought alongside US Army Special Forces in Vietnam’s remote Central Highlands, where the mostly Christian tribesmen gained a reputation as fierce and loyal allies.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2015
Eventually, hundreds of thousands of evacuated Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao and Montagnard migrants found haven across the U.S.,
From Time • Apr. 24, 2015
Maybe up in one of the high mountain villes, maybe with the Montagnard tribes.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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