Montagnard

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noun

A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.

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OriginFrench montagnard ← Middle French montaigne ← Old French montaigne →
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Meanings

nounMontagnard (plural Montagnards)

plural Montagnards

  1. historicalA member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.
  2. historicalA member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French Second Republic after the French Revolution of 1848.
  3. demonymA member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

    Synonyms: Degar

  4. demonymhistoricalA member of the Khmer Loeu, highland tribes in Cambodia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Degar

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-“to stand out, to tower”
  2. Proto-Italic*monts
  3. Latinmont-“mountain”
  4. Early Medieval Latinmontānia“mountain”
  5. Old Frenchmontaigne
  6. Middle Frenchmontaigne
  7. Frenchmontagnard“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”
  8. EnglishMontagnard

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.

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Montagnard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montagnard

MLA

“Montagnard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montagnard. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montagnard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montagnard.

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