Montagnard
noun
a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed ethnic origins inhabiting the highland areas of Vietnam.
Montagnards
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pluralof Montagnard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Both were Montagnards, members of the Revolution’s most ardent faction; Corday, from the rival Girondins, gained entry to Marat’s bathroom by claiming to have information on Girondin fugitives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Montagnards -- the collective name for various tribes in the Central Highlands -- sided with the US-backed south during Vietnam's decades-long war.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
He served as a medic in Vietnam and helped train a large group of indigenous Montagnards to fight with the American and South Vietnamese forces.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2017
But after the war, the ethnic and religious minority Montagnards, or “mountain people,” long at odds with the Vietnamese government, paid a steep price.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2015
As his retreat was known to one, at least, of the Montagnards, he feared to compromise those who had taken him in at the risk of their life.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis
