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Definition of Montagu
1. Noun. United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-).
Definition of Montagu
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Old French) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Montagu
Literary usage of Montagu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"1797, was the youngest son of Lieutenant-colonel Edward Montagu (1755-1799) [qv]
He was educated at Cheam in Surrey and at Parson's Green, ..."
2. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1849)
"V. Sir Kd- ward Montagu. His family. His professional progress. He is returned
to the House of Commons : how a leader of Opposition was dealt •with ly Hen. ..."
3. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1814)
"1 believe you will lind that Mr. Wortley Montagu and all the dignified Members
of the ... Sidney Montagu (second son of Edward first Earl of Sandwich), ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1903)
"The Letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, u'ith soine of the Letters of her ...
A Lady of the Last Century (Mrs Elizabeth Montagu), illustrated in her ..."
5. Literary Studies by Walter Bagehot (1879)
"The name of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is hardly now known to the great mass of
ordinary English readers. A generation has arisen which has had time to ..."
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