Milligan

British  

/ ˈmɪlɪɡən /

noun

1. Spike, real name Terence Alan Milligan. 1918–2002, Irish radio, stage, and film comedian and author, born in India. He appeared in The Goon Show (with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe; BBC Radio, 1952–60) and his films include Postman's Knock (1962), Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall (1972), The Three Musketeers (1974), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), and Yellowbeard (1982). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2000

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Example Sentences

A separate effort by court-appointed receiver Gregory Milligan to license the Infowars site to The Onion for $81,000 a month was also blocked by Jones’s request for a stay.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

I will continue to look for something redeemable about how the court got from Milligan to Callais.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

The company was in a situation in which “just about any positive news should push shares higher,” Raymond James analyst RJ Milligan wrote in a research note.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Milligan seems to understand the value of starring in a crowd-pleaser like “Hot Frosty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Already Milligan had lifted the slumbering Mr. Curtain out of his chair and laid him—more gently than anyone thought he deserved—onto the floor.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart