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millman

millman noun: a male worker in a mill.

Noun

millman (plural millmen)

  1. A male worker in a mill.
    • Near-synonym: millworker
    Synonyms:
    millworker

Proper noun capitalized: Millman

Millman (plural Millmans)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked in a mill.

Synonyms of millman

Forms of millman

Noun
pluralmillmen
Proper noun
pluralMillmans
alternative formMilman

Origin of millman

From mill + -man.

English occupational surname, from millman. Older senses (presumably for a grinder or vendor of meal) derive from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) + manne. There is a Jewish variant Milman.

Questions about millman

What does millman mean?
Millman means a male worker in a mill.
What part of speech is millman?
Millman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of millman?
The plural of millman is millmen.

Words near millman in the dictionary

  1. milliwatts
  2. milliweber
  3. milliwebers
  4. milliwheaton
  5. milliwheatons
  6. millman
  7. Millmans
  8. millmen
  9. Millner
  10. Millners
  11. millocracies

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