Definition of Montagnard

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Mon·ta·gnard also mon·ta·gnard

n-yärd

) KEY

NOUN:

A member of a people inhabiting the mountains and highlands of southern Vietnam near the border of Cambodia.

ADJECTIVE:

Of or relating to the Montagnards or their culture.

ETYMOLOGY:
French, mountaineer, from montagne, mountain, from Old French montaigne ; see mountain

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