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Bernard Montgomery

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Mont⋅gom⋅er⋅y

[mont-guhm-uh-ree, -guhm-ree]
–noun
1. Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (“Monty”), 1887–1976, British field marshal: World War II commander of British 8th Army in Africa and Europe.
2. Lucy Maud, 1874–1942, Canadian writer, creator of Anne of Green Gables.
3. Richard, 1736–75, American Revolutionary general.
4. Wes (John Leslie Montgomery), 1925–68, U.S. jazz guitarist.
5. a city in and the capital of Alabama, in the central part, on the Alabama River. 178,157.
6. a town in SW Ohio. 10,088.
7. Montgomeryshire.
8. a male given name.
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Montgomery, Bernard

A British general of the twentieth century; a leader of British forces in World War II. He defeated the Germans under Erwin Rommel in north Africa and led British troops in the invasion of Italy, Normandy (see D-Day), and Germany.

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