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millerite

millerite noun: a nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts.

millerite: a nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts
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Noun (1)

millerite (plural millerites)

  1. A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts.

Noun (2) capitalized: Millerite

Millerite (plural Millerites)

  1. One who followed the calculations of William Miller or his followers that the world would end on October 22, 1844; when it did not, the Great Disappointment occurred. The subsequent denominations his movement spawned include the Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and the (Campbellite) Restorationists.
    • The voices of the Millerites were heard singing and shouting and exhorting each other to stand firm, and to see to it that their lamps were trimmed and burning, ready for the awful moment whenever it might come. Still - nothing happened!1924, Clara Endicott Sears, chapter 8, in Days of Delusion - A Strange Bit of History
    • The first American colony in Palestine was established by a Philadelphia matron, Clorinda S. Minor, who apparently was influenced by an apocalypse-preaching movement called the Millerites, according to Mordechai Naor, an Israeli historian who has written 16 books on Palestine and is writing another...1981 October 3, William Claiborne, “U.S. Settlers in Palestine 100 Years Ago”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25...
  2. A resident of any community known as Miller; often specifically a resident of Miller Beach, in Gary, Indiana
    • On the other hand, Millerites succeeded in resisting annexation at this time.1979, James B. Lane, City of the Century: A History of Gary, Indiana, page 46
    • As a Millerite living within one block from the beach, Miller Beach is truly a hidden treasure in Northwest Indiana.2003 July 7, Ricardo Cazares, “Beauty in Gary”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, page 15

Forms of millerite

pluralmillerites
pluralMillerites

Origin of millerite

From Miller + -ite, from British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller.

From Miller + -ite.

Questions about millerite

What does millerite mean?
Millerite means a nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts.
What part of speech is millerite?
Millerite is a noun.
What is the plural of millerite?
The plural of millerite is millerites.

Words near millerite in the dictionary

  1. millerettid
  2. millerettids
  3. Millerhill
  4. Millerian
  5. Millerism
  6. millerite
  7. millerites
  8. millerole
  9. milleroles
  10. millers
  11. Millers Bluff

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Adapted from Wiktionary: millerite (page history and authors); Millerite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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