"Montague" meaning in English

See Montague in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Montagues [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒntəɡjuː Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Montague (countable and uncountable, plural Montagues)
  1. A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-GXZshI1k Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A male given name. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-yDfLNrGi
  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. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-BLXzzcCl
  4. A city in Siskiyou County, California. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fictional characters, William Shakespeare Categories (place): Cities in California, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-FOZJ8WBJ Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 1 4 16 45 0 0 1 0 1 32 Disambiguation of William Shakespeare: 5 11 20 27 1 1 5 1 9 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 5 48 0 0 3 0 1 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 4 5 45 1 1 4 1 2 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 4 48 1 1 3 1 2 35
  5. A town in Massachusetts. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Massachusetts, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Massachusetts, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-Qe-Q2bbq
  6. A city in Michigan. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Michigan, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Michigan, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-TLMWUEak
  7. A town in New York. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in New York, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-y5i2s1WZ
  8. A township in Ontario. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Townships
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-8vNZJVuV
  9. A community of Prince Edward Island. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Prince Edward Island, Villages in Canada, Villages in Prince Edward Island
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-saHJWdjK
  10. An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Montague County, Texas. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Texas, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States Derived forms: Montague County, Shepton Montague Related terms: Capulet
    Sense id: en-Montague-en-name-tK5f351w Categories (other): County seats of Texas, USA

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960, Helen Caldwell, The Braziliam Othello of Machado de Assis: A study of Dom Casmurro, page 124:",
          "text": "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 Montague; and so he died, with only a vague gesture of forgiveness toward Fidelia, though Campos (Prince Escalus) had been trying all the while to bring about a reconciliation.",
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          "ref": "1963, Forrest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall: Education of a general, 1880-1939, page 8:",
          "text": "Still, despite Marshall's impression of a kind of Montague-Capulet feud, George Catlett did succeed in marrying Laura Emily, the daughter of Dr. Jonathan Bradford, and his sister, Margaret, married Laura's brother, Thomas.",
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          "ref": "2004, Scott Casper, Cardinal Sin: Tales of Alaska, War, and More, page 161:",
          "text": "She playfully called herself a tragedienne, much like Juliet Capulet, and she thought of Timmy as her Romeo Montague.",
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          "text": "That said, Capulet's skepticism has a sound rationale. She needs only one kind of thing, caloric fluid, to explain the movement and behavior of heat. Montague has posited two kinds of things, heat itself and heat radiation, each popping up to do the job it is good for and then conveniently metamorphosing into the other when that's what's needed instead.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/",
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          "ref": "1960, Helen Caldwell, The Braziliam Othello of Machado de Assis: A study of Dom Casmurro, page 124:",
          "text": "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 Montague; and so he died, with only a vague gesture of forgiveness toward Fidelia, though Campos (Prince Escalus) had been trying all the while to bring about a reconciliation.",
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          "ref": "1963, Forrest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall: Education of a general, 1880-1939, page 8:",
          "text": "Still, despite Marshall's impression of a kind of Montague-Capulet feud, George Catlett did succeed in marrying Laura Emily, the daughter of Dr. Jonathan Bradford, and his sister, Margaret, married Laura's brother, Thomas.",
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          "ref": "2003, Grant Allen, Clarissa Suranyi, The Type-Writer Girl, page 104:",
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          "ref": "2004, Scott Casper, Cardinal Sin: Tales of Alaska, War, and More, page 161:",
          "text": "She playfully called herself a tragedienne, much like Juliet Capulet, and she thought of Timmy as her Romeo Montague.",
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          "text": "That said, Capulet's skepticism has a sound rationale. She needs only one kind of thing, caloric fluid, to explain the movement and behavior of heat. Montague has posited two kinds of things, heat itself and heat radiation, each popping up to do the job it is good for and then conveniently metamorphosing into the other when that's what's needed instead.",
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        "A city in Siskiyou County, California."
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