Millie

[ mil-ee ]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Millicent or Mildred.

millie

/ ˈmɪlɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   a young working-class woman who dresses in casual sports clothes

Word History and Origins

Origin of Millie¹

perhaps from mill worker

Example Sentences

Meet Millie, who, like so many other hipsters, abandoned Brooklyn for the countryside during the pandemic.

From Time

In the mornings, Rogers hears the clicking of Millie’s nails on the floor — just before the dog crawls under the covers at the foot of her bed and tunnels up to her face.

From Washington Post

Meredith also launched a pair of quarterly magazines, including Millie, a personal finance brand aimed at women, and Sweet July, a magazine created in partnership with Ayesha Curry that focuses on topics including home decor and food.

From Digiday

Beatrice was said to be very upset because another of her Norfolk terriers, Millie, died from natural causes recently.

From The Daily Beast

To work with Millie and write about her was a way to actually know something in its details, to connect to something real.

From The Daily Beast

For me, writing a book about Millie was a way to conquer the immunity.

From The Daily Beast

Millie is 15, a frightened, fragile girl, working in a forced-labor ammunitions factory in Radom, an industrial city in Poland.

From The Daily Beast

When I first considered writing a book about the wartime experiences of Millie Werber, I thought, Why go through this again?

From The Daily Beast

The more I think about it—why, if Millie hadnt got the creeps and run away, Inga never would have known where we were.

From Project Gutenberg

He hobbled over and shook Millie by the hands, and the engagement was ratified, to the joy of every one.

From Project Gutenberg

Aloud she said: "Millie, couldn't you lean over, and watch him a few minutes, and see what you think?"

From Project Gutenberg

The big house in which my grandmother, my Aunt Millie, and I lived was looking rather seedy by this time.

From Project Gutenberg

And he said, 'Never mind, Millie; it won't be for long,' and I thought he meant he'd get down-stairs again.

From Project Gutenberg