Montague

UK/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/

Montague proper noun: a surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.

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Proper noun

Montague (countable and uncountable, plural Montagues)

A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
A male given name.
(figuratively) By analogy with the Shakespearean play, a member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the husband in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or of a group that is feuding with another, similar group identified as Capulet.
- It goes without saying that she knew nothing whatever of the bad relations subsisting between her father and her sweetheart. She did not know her Romeo was a Montague still less that to him she was a Capulet.1913, Annabella Bruce Marchand, Dirk, a South African, page 198
- For seven years she and her father, and her father-in-law, remained estranged, till old Santa-Pia Capulet lay on his death bed, still adamant in his political convictions, recalcitrant against the orders of the state (on emancipation), and unrelenting toward his daughter, the dead Romeo, and old...1960, Helen Caldwell, The Braziliam Othello of Machado de Assis: A study of Dom Casmurro, page 124
A city in Siskiyou County, California.
A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
A city in Michigan.
A town in New York.
An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Montague County, Texas.
A township in Ontario.
A community in Prince Edward Island.

Still, despite Marshall's impression of a kind of Montague-Capulet feud, George Catlett did succeed in marrying Laura Emily, the daughter of Dr.1963, Forrest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall: Education of a general, 1880-1939, page 8:
Romeo's mother was precisely what I had painted her — a Lady Montague of the severest, with coffee-coloured point-lace, a Cornelia one shade too stout for the mother of the Gracchi.2003, Grant Allen, Clarissa Suranyi, The Type-Writer Girl, page 104:
She playfully called herself a tragedienne, much like Juliet Capulet, and she thought of Timmy as her Romeo Montague.2004, Scott Casper, Cardinal Sin: Tales of Alaska, War, and More, page 161:

plural	Montagues

What does Montague mean?: Montague means a surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
How do you use Montague in a sentence?: Still, despite Marshall's impression of a kind of Montague-Capulet feud, George Catlett did succeed in marrying Laura Emily, the daughter of Dr.
What part of speech is Montague?: Montague is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Montague?: Montague is pronounced /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ (UK).

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