Millicent

[mil-uh-suhnt]

noun

1. a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “work” and “strong.”

Example Sentences

Millicent Souris’ essay on “Drink Before the War” opens with, “I can’t get past the men, can you? Does the word patriarchy roll off the ears without impact any more,” before heading into an exploration of O’Connor’s years essentially imprisoned in the Magdelene Laundries, the state and Church run repositories for “fallen” women.

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The Met Police is appealing for information after several statues in Parliament Square, including one of women's votes campaigner Dame Millicent Fawcett, were vandalised during a protest on Saturday.

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The statue of Dame Millicent Fawcett by artist Gillian Wearing is the only statue of a woman in Parliament Square, where others honoured include international statesmen like Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi, and former prime ministers Sir Winston Churchill and David Lloyd-George.

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Like Trump’s attempt at being a legitimate politician, Nicole Kidman's Millicent is simply wearing the costume of a scientist.

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Millicent isn’t concerned about anyone other than herself and her legacy, and she knows that a rare species of talking bear will be the perfect fit to round out the museum’s collection of exotic animals.

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