Mon·ta·gnard also mon·ta·gnard (m n t n-yärd )n. A member of a people inhabiting the mountains and highlands of southern Vietnam near the border of Cambodia. adj. Of or relating to the Montagnards or their culture. [French, mountaineer, from montagne, mountain, from Old French montaigne; see mountain.] |
Montagnard [ˌmɒntənˈjɑːd -ˈjɑː]
n pl -gnards, -gnard
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of a hill people living on the border between Vietnam, Laos, and NE Cambodia
2. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of a North American Indian people living in the N Rocky Mountains
[from French: mountaineer, from montagne mountain]
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