Montrose

[ mon-trohz ]

/ mɒnˈtroʊz /

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noun

James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.

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How to use Montrose in a sentence

I’d gone out for a drink in Montrose, before another storm, cruising for sex before everything shut down, and after I ended up following them home the rain started falling and it just didn’t stop for like nine days.
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He lives 45 miles south of Aberdeen in a small town called Montrose, home to the second oldest golf course in the world.
Donald Trump's Golf Gadfly|Lizzie Crocker|October 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Muth told Solomon that he had spent the night in Montrose Park and was desperate for funds.
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Landing at Montrose, where the boat took on freight, the feeling was still more bitter.
Gospel Doctrine|Joseph F. Smith

Such was the situation of Montrose, that very good or very ill fortune was equally destructive to him, and diminished his army.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.|David Hume
His father was a non-juring clergyman of Montrose, and was in consequence obliged to leave the official ecclesiastical fold.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
Not even the iron frame of Montrose could endure a prolonged existence under such circumstances.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844|Various
I The Presbyterian ministers beset Montrose both in prison and on the scaffold.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Montrose

Montrose

/ (mɒnˈtrəʊz) /

noun

James Graham, 1st Marquess and 5th Earl of Montrose. 1612–50, Scottish general, noted for his victories in Scotland for Charles I in the Civil War. He was later captured and hanged

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