Bernard-montgomery
Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (“Monty”) 1887–1976, British field marshal: World War II commander of British 8th Army in Africa and Europe.
Lucy Maud, 1874–1942, Canadian writer, creator of Anne of Green Gables.
Richard, 1736–75, American Revolutionary general.
Wes (John Leslie Montgomery) 1925–68, U.S. jazz guitarist.
a city in and the capital of Alabama, in the central part, on the Alabama River.
a town in SW Ohio.
Montgomeryshire.
a male given name.
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- Whorf
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