I. -|yär(d) noun
( plural montagnard “ ; or montagnards “, -r(d)z)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: French, literally, mountaineer, from montagne + -ard
1. : one of several Athapaskan peoples (as the Sekani and Kaska) in the Rocky mountains of Canada
2. : a member of the Montagnard people
3. : sekani 2
II. noun
Usage: often capitalized
: a member of any of various Mon-Khmer and Cham-speaking peoples inhabiting the highlands of central and southern Vietnam
• montagnard adjective , often capitalized