Montague

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Montague

/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒntəɡjuː

proper noun Montagues

countable, uncountable A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
countable, uncountable A male given name.
countable, figuratively, uncountable By analogy with the Shakespearean play, a member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the husband in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or of a group that is feuding with another, similar group identified as Capulet. It goes without saying that she knew nothing whatever of the bad relations subsisting between her father and her sweetheart. She did not know her Romeo was a Montague still less that to him she was a Capulet.
countable, uncountable A city in Siskiyou County, California.
countable, uncountable A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
countable, uncountable A city in Michigan.
countable, uncountable A town in New York.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Montague County, Texas.
countable, uncountable A township in Ontario.
countable, uncountable A community in Prince Edward Island.

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Closest in meaning: capulet, chelmsford, ashley, suitor, beau, swain, wooer, romeo, lover, lothario, rake, gallant, charmer, boyfriend, fiancé, inamorato

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@misc{montague_2026,
  title = {Montague},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/montague},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}