montross
montross is the obsolete form of matross.
Meaning of matross
Noun
matross (plural matrosses)
- An artilleryman next in rank to a gunner; a gunner's mate, especially one who assists the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.
- [T]he matrosses, in their annual gesture of amity, had torn the sky with the largest piece of ordnance in the Great Keep […].1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter V, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 48
Proper noun capitalized: Montross
Montross (countable and uncountable, plural Montrosses)
- A surname.
- A small town, the county seat of Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States.
Forms of montross
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | montrosses |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Montrosses |
Origin of montross
Perhaps an older form of Montrose.
Questions about montross
- What does montross mean?
- Montross means a surname.
- What is montross the obsolete form of?
- Montross is the obsolete form of matross.
- What part of speech is montross?
- Montross is a proper noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: montross (page history and authors); Montross (page history and authors); matross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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