Millay

American  

[mi-ley] / mɪˈleɪ /

noun

1. Edna St. Vincent Mrs. Eugen Jan Boissevain, 1892–1950, U.S. poet.

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Millay British  

/ mɪˈleɪ /

noun

1. Edna St Vincent. 1892–1950, US poet, noted esp for her sonnets; her collections include The Buck in the Snow (1928) and Fatal Interview (1931)

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Example Sentences

Publications like The New Yorker started fact-checking in 1927 “following the publication of an egregiously inaccurate profile of the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.”

From Salon

Her focus was initially on the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, but she soon learned that another writer was working on her biography.

From New York Times

A few doors down from their building, the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay lived at 75½ Bedford, a tourist attraction today because it’s just about nine feet wide.

From New York Times

During its run, the series garnered more than 50 Emmy nominations and a total of seven wins, including a supporting actress in a drama series prize for Newton, who starred as Maeve Millay.

From Los Angeles Times

In a 2007 guest essay for The Times about the murder of a close friend, he quoted “Dirge Without Music,” a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay:

From New York Times