Montagnard

[ mon-tuhn-yahrd, -yahr ]

noun,plural Mon·ta·gnards, (especially collectively) Mon·ta·gnard.
  1. (sometimes lowercase) a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed ethnic origins inhabiting the highland areas of Vietnam.

Origin of Montagnard

1
1835–45; <French: literally, mountaineer. See mountain, -ard

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Montagnard

/ (ˌmɒntənˈjɑːd, -ˈjɑː) /


nounplural -gnards or -gnard
  1. a member of a hill people living on the border between Vietnam, Laos, and NE Cambodia

  2. a member of a North American Indian people living in the N Rocky Mountains

Origin of Montagnard

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C19: from French: mountaineer, from montagne mountain

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