Montagu

[mon-tuh-gyoo]

noun

1. Ashley Montague Francis Ashley Montagu, 1905–1999, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in England.

2. Charles, 1st Earl of Halifax, 1661–1715, British statesman: prime minister 1714–15.

3. Lady Mary Wortley Mary Pierrepont, 1689–1762, English author.

Montagu

/ ˈmɒntəˌɡjuː /

noun

1. Charles. See (Earl of) Halifax

2. Lady Mary Wortley. 1689–1762, English writer, noted for her Letters from the East (1763)

Example Sentences

Though humans have been making bread for thousands of years, the sandwich as we know it today is said to owe its popularity to John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich.

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However, Clare Montagu, chief executive for Poppy's Funerals, told BBC London there are ways to reduce costs to make a funeral meaningful.

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Montagu wrote in his diary that he had been warned "that it was absolutely necessary to get him on my side, for Sankaran Nair wielded more influence than any other Indian".

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In a 1968 Psychology Today article, celebrated anthropologist Ashley Montagu incorrectly, but forcibly, argued that “it appears probable that the ordinary aggressiveness of a normal XY male is derived from his Y chromosome.”

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Luke Montagu is a member of a cross-party group in Parliament that has been campaigning for a national helpline to support people going through withdrawal from prescription medications.

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