McMillan

American

[muhk-mil-uhn] / məkˈmɪl ən /

noun

Edwin Mattison 1907–91, U.S. educator and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1951.

McMillan British

/ məkˈmɪlən /

noun

Edwin M ( attison ). 1907–91, US physicist; Nobel prize for chemistry 1951 (with Glenn Seaborg) for the discovery of transuranic elements

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But Young answered with a 43-yard touchdown pass to rookie Tetairoa McMillan for a 31-28 lead with 6:34 left.

From Los Angeles Times

Tim McMillan, the former president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said Carney had no choice but to embrace the oil sector.

From Barron's

Lawrence G. McMillan is president of McMillan Analysis, a registered investment and commodity trading adviser.

From MarketWatch

—Robert McMillan is a tech reporter based in San Francisco.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sir Geoffrey and Graves both gave eulogies and a poem by local poet Ian McMillan was read out.

From BBC

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