montagnard

noun, plural Mon·ta·gnards, (especially collectively) Mon·ta·gnard.

1. (sometimes lowercase) a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed ethnic origins inhabiting the highland areas of Vietnam.

noun plural -gnards or -gnard

1. a member of a hill people living on the border between Vietnam, Laos, and NE Cambodia
2. a member of a North American Indian people living in the N Rocky Mountains

n.“mountaineer, highlander,” 1842, from French montagnard, from montagne (12c., see mountain).