English Explanatory Dictionary

Montagnard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.
  2. A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French Second Republic after the French Revolution of 1848.
  3. A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
  4. A member of the Khmer Loeu, highland tribes in Cambodia.

Pronunciation

mŏn'tən-yärdʹ /ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/ [ˌmɑntənˈjɑɹ(d)] [ˌmɑ̃ⁿtəˈnjɑ˞(d)] /ˌmɒn.tənˈjɑːd/ [ˌmɒntənˈjɑː(d)] [ˌmɒ̃ⁿtəˈnjɑː(d)]

Word forms

Montagnard Montagnards

Etymology

Via French montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia (“mountain”), a collective based on Latin mont- (“mountain”), from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). The French group was so called because they sat on the topmost benches.

Synonyms

Degar
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