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Montagues

Montagues is the plural of Montague.

Meaning of Montague

Proper noun

Montague (countable and uncountable, plural Montagues)

  1. A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
  2. A male given name.
  3. (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
  4. A city in Siskiyou County, California.
  5. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
  6. A city in Michigan.

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Questions about Montagues

What is Montagues the plural of?
Montagues is the plural of Montague.

Words near Montagues in the dictionary

  1. Montagu's harrier
  2. Montagu's harriers
  3. Montague
  4. Montague County
  5. Montague grammar
  6. Montagues
  7. Montaigne
  8. Montaignean
  9. Montaignesque
  10. Montaignian
  11. Montaillou

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