Millett

[ mil-it ]
/ ˈmɪl ɪt /

noun

Kate,born 1934, U.S. writer, feminist activist, and artist.

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Example sentences from the Web for millett

  • But, like Watt, Millett is the Democratic nominee of a Democratic president.

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  • Nor has Mr. Millett been able to devote to the business of the Commission his whole undivided attention.

    Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay|George Otto Trevelyan

  • Mr. Millett had also quite a large collection of elephants' heads, tails, and feet—the spoils of a recent shooting expedition.

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  • Millett, but the chief origin of the surname Miles is a contracted form of the common font-name Michael.

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British Dictionary definitions for millett

Millett
/ (ˈmɪlɪt) /

noun

Kate. full name Katherine Murray Millett. born 1934, US feminist writer and artist; books include Sexual Politics (1969) and The Politics of Cruelty (1994)
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