Montgomery

American  

[mont-guhm-uh-ree, -guhm-ree] / mɒntˈgʌm ə ri, -ˈgʌm ri /

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.

6. a town in SW Ohio.

7. Montgomeryshire.

8. a male given name.

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Montgomery ¹ British  

/ məntˈɡʌmərɪ /

noun

1. Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, nicknamed Monty. 1887–1976, British field marshal. As commander of the 8th Army in North Africa, he launched the offensive, beginning with the victory at El Alamein (1942), that drove Rommel's forces back to Tunis. He also commanded the ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1944) and accepted Germany's surrender at Lüneburg Heath (May 7, 1945)

2. L ( ucy ) M ( aud ). 1874–1942, Canadian writer; her novels include Anne of Green Gables (1908) and its sequels.

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Montgomery ² British  

/ məntˈɡʌmərɪ /

noun

1. a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River: state capital; capital of the Confederacy (1861). Pop: 200 123 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Additionally, Montgomery once said that Carruthers was not involved in the triple murder and implicated someone else, a man named Ronnie Irving.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Ben Montgomery, an enslaved man, developed an improved steamship propeller in 1854 but couldn’t patent it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The “video nasty” spawned a number of sequels, spinoffs and now a remake starring Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery that hit theaters this month.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

"There's less risk in this than there is in the very confined area of the Strait," Admiral Montgomery said.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

I suddenly wonder what Mrs. Montgomery would say if she saw my mom and Mrs. Hameed together.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan