Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to Montenegro, its people, their language, or their culture.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Montenegro.
  • noun A person of Montenegrin ancestry.
  • noun The South Slavic language of the Montenegrins.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to Montenegro, a small country of Europe, east of the Adriatic, nearly surrounded by Austrian and Turkish territory, or to its inhabitants.
  • noun A native or an inhabitant of Montenegro. The Montenegrins are of Servian race, and speak a dialect of that language.
  • noun [lowercase] An outer garment for women, the form of which was taken from some Eastern military costumes, close-fitting, and ornamented with braid-work and embroidery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Relating to Montenegro
  • noun A person from Montenegro.
  • proper noun The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken in Montenegro.

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Examples

  • I have seen it stated that the Montenegrin is a lazy man, who puts off the hard work on the women; but this is quite untrue, the fact being that any work which he considers the work of a man he is eager to do.

    The Autobiography of a Journalist Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 1901

  • In 1990, he was one of the founders of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG), a party formed in Cetinje with goals of promoting liberalism and the idea of Montenegrin independence.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • In 1990, he was one of the founders of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG), a party formed in Cetinje with goals of promoting liberalism and the idea of Montenegrin independence.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • It is unfortunate when people use the word "Montenegrin" without knowing that there is no separate Montenegrin nation, in the sense that there is a French or Italian nation.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • And there are also those Montenegrins who will remind you that they speak Montenegrin, the national language of another country on the Adriatic coast: Montenegro.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • And there are also those Montenegrins who will remind you that they speak Montenegrin, the national language of another country on the Adriatic coast: Montenegro.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Zaccari was followed onto the stand by Alexander Ilicet, a Montenegrin who shared a cell with Aviello and claimed the Neapolitan had boasted of being offered €158,000 by Bongiorno, which he planned to use for a sex change.

    Amanda Knox appeal hears witness was offered sex change cash for evidence 2011

  • Jovo Kapicic, a retired Montenegrin general who fought in the first modern guerrilla war – in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II – said it was never a problem for insurgents to make up losses in manpower despite massive losses.

    Taliban Strength Unaffected By Allied Surge AP 2011

  • Jovo Kapicic, a retired Montenegrin general who fought in the first modern guerrilla war – in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II – said it was never a problem for insurgents to make up losses in manpower despite massive losses.

    Taliban Strength Unaffected By Allied Surge AP 2011

  • Zaccari was followed onto the stand by Alexander Ilicet, a Montenegrin who shared a cell with Aviello and claimed the Neapolitan had boasted of being offered €158,000 by Bongiorno, which he planned to use for a sex change.

    Amanda Knox appeal hears witness was offered sex change cash for evidence 2011

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