First Known Use: 1824
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monte
noun mon·te \ˈmän-tē\
Definition of MONTE
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: a card game in which players select any two of four cards turned face up in a layout and bet that one of them will be matched before the other as cards are dealt one at a time from the pack —called also monte bank
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Origin of MONTE
Spanish, bank, mountain, heap, from Italian, from Latin mont-, mons mountain
Rhymes with MONTE
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