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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Montanar(e, n. [e.m.E. mountainer (1598): cf. also e.m.E. mountayneer (1610), mountaineer.] An inhabitant or native of (the) mountains, a Highlander: cf. mountain -man, Montane n. d. —1625 Garden Kings 59.
His montanares, of cruell kind … Rebellious … , There outrages he stopped and controld
