Montagnard

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Montagnard

/ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/ US
[ˌmɑntənˈjɑɹ(d)] US
[ˌmɑ̃ⁿtəˈnjɑ˞(d)] US
/ˌmɒn.tənˈjɑːd/ UK
[ˌmɒntənˈjɑː(d)] UK
[ˌmɒ̃ⁿtəˈnjɑː(d)] UK

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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.

noun Montagnards

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

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@misc{montagnard_2026,
  title = {Montagnard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/montagnard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}