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Webster 1913 Edition

Tramontane

Tra-mon′tane

,
Adj.
[OF.
tramontain
, It.
tramontano
, L.
transmontanus
;
trans
across, beyond +
mons
,
montis
, mountain.]
Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.
☞ The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome. See
Ultramontane
.

Tra-mon′tane

,
Noun.
One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tramontane

TRAMON'TANE

,
Noun.
One living beyond the mountain; a stranger.

TRAMON'TANE

,
Adj.
[L. trans, beyond, and mons, mountain.] Lying or being beyond the mountain; foreign; barbarous. The Italian painters apply this epithet to all such as live north of the Alps, as in Germany and France; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane or ultramontane doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome.

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