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Definition of Montserrat

1. Noun. A volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies.

Definition of Montserrat

1. Proper noun. Overseas territory of the United Kingdom, an island in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat. ¹

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Literary usage of Montserrat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances Between the by Edmund March Blunt (1822)
"From St. John's road, in Antigua, to the NW end of Montserrat, the course is SW near 7 ... From the west point of Montserrat to the south end of Nevis, ..."

2. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"Montserrat. 1726-1787. Miscellaneous. Letters from Nicholas Hill to Messrs. ... Montserrat. 1704-1742. Sessional Papers. (Formerly BT Montserrat 1-3.) 4-15. ..."

3. A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and by Thomas Coke (1810)
"The Catalonian Montserrat is celebrated by travellers for the hospitality of the monks ... The Montserrat of the West Indies is about nine miles in length, ..."

4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... throws himself into Montserrat—Suchet sends detachments to the valley of ... of Tarragona—Takes Montserrat—Negotiates with Cuesta for an exchange of the ..."

5. A Guide to the West Indies, Bermuda and Panama by Frederick Albion Ober (1920)
"Montserrat. Nearly two-thirds of little Montserrat are mountainous, ... Montserrat was so named by Columbus, after the celebrated monastery and mountain of ..."

6. Four Years' Residence in the West Indies, During the Years 1826, 7, 8, and 9 by Frederic William Naylor Bayley (1833)
"CHAPTER X. CHRONOLOGY OF Montserrat FROM AD 1629 TO AD 1810. ... Montserrat was discovered by Columbus about the same time as the island of St. Kitts. ..."

7. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... throws himself into Montserrat—Suchet sends detachments to the ... of Tarragona—Takes Montserrat—Negotiates with Cuesta for an exchange of the French ..."

8. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1898)
"The Montserrat. The excursion to Montserrat can be comfortably made from Barcelona in one day by taking an early train and using the mountain-railway from ..."

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