MONTGOMERY

Pronunciation (US):

• MONTGOMERY (noun)
  The noun MONTGOMERY has 3 senses:

1. Canadian novelist (1874-1942)
2. English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
3. the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River

  Familiarity information: MONTGOMERY used as a noun is uncommon.

• MONTGOMERY (noun)

Meaning:

Canadian novelist (1874-1942)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

L. M. Montgomery; Lucy Maud Montgomery; Montgomery

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Meaning:

English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Bernard Law Montgomery; Sir Bernard Law Montgomery; Montgomery

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Meaning:

The state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Alabama; Montgomery

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Montgomery" is a part of...):

AL; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)