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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.
  • proper noun Montgomery of Alamein

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Examples

  • RCMP Cpl. Benjamin "Monty" Robinson, the man who Tasered Robert Dziekanski, will not stand trial for DUI after running into and killing a BC motorcyclist with his Jeep in October, 2008.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • "The Ryder Cup is in Monty's blood," Torrance said on Saturday, and there was another vivid example of his identification with the competition in 2004, at Oakland Hills, when Bernhard Langer, perhaps the shrewdest and most calculating of all Ryder Cup captains, sent him out with Padraig Harrington to beat Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the world's No1 and No2, in the opening fourball on the first morning.

    Cometh the Ryder Cup moment, cometh captain Colin Montgomerie Richard Williams 2010

  • Both my best friend and I come from very large Catholic families (he was second of eight kids), and we both laugh louder at the "Miracle of Birth" sequence in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life than just about anybody else.

    Oops -- they did it again (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • This interlaced bickering between “AB” and “pseudonymous” reminds me of the scene in Monty Pythons Holy Grail where the two peasants are arguing about political systems while King Arthur is trying to find out “what knight lives in that castle?”

    Matthew Yglesias » Will More Insurance Competition Make Things Better? 2010

  • Or the two soldiers who are supposed to guard the prince and make sure he doesn; t leave, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

    Think Progress » GOP plans on reintroducing legislation to ban and deport immigrants from ‘terrorist’ countries. 2010

  • Illinois: The race between Rep. Mark Kirk (R) and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) reminds us of that great scene in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" where the black knight is grievously wounded time and again but comes back for more.

    The Fix's "Big Senate Six" Chris Cillizza 2010

  • Hillary aka Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, has only one leg to stand on.

    Clinton makes personal appeal to Obama on delegates 2008

  • June 4th, 2008 1: 08 pm ET there's a scene early in Monty Python & the Holy Grail where King Arthur fights the black knight.

    Dem leaders urge superdelegates off the fence 2008

  • The most famous person I ever met was Walter Mondale, who of course, was never in Monty Python.

    another layer 2008

  • If we keep going after what we cannot accomplish, then we are no better than the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail - noble but in denial of lost ability.

    Thinking About the Vision - NASA Watch 2007

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