Montferrat

[ mont-fuh-raht ]

/ ˌmɒnt fəˈrɑt /

a historic region in NW Italy, in the Piedmont, S of the Po River.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 10

Which of the following words means “to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot”?

At this moment Montferrat came in, and stood by his kinsman.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay|Maurice Hewlett
The total gains of all his strenuous endeavours amounted to the acquisition of a few places on the borders of Montferrat.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1|Various
If Montferrat had been there they might have screwed him to the pitch.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay|Maurice Hewlett
Shortly after his marriage the marquis of Montferrat died, leaving by Sibylla an infant son named Baldwin.
The Knights Templars|C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison

The Frenchmen, back in Acre, heard tell of Montferrat's doings and undoing.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay|Maurice Hewlett