Milton

American  

[mil-tn] / ˈmɪl tn /

noun

1. John, 1608–74, English poet.

2. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

3. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

4. a male given name: a family name taken from a placename meaning “mill town.”

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Milton British  

/ ˈmɪltən /

noun

1. John. 1608–74, English poet. His early works, notably L'Allegro and Il Penseroso (1632), the masque Comus (1634), and the elegy Lycidas (1637), show the influence of his Christian humanist education and his love of Italian Renaissance poetry. A staunch Parliamentarian and opponent of episcopacy, he published many pamphlets during the Civil War period, including Areopagitica (1644), which advocated freedom of the press. His greatest works were the epic poems Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), and Paradise Regained (1671) and the verse drama Samson Agonistes (1671)

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Example Sentences

We never expected to see progressives quote Milton Friedman.

From The Wall Street Journal

Democratic state AGs quote Milton Friedman, if you can believe it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Emily Milton, a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., said combining multiple research approaches was key to understanding the practice.

From Science Daily

The Post Your Pad campaign, by Milton Keynes-based World Vision UK, is encouraging people to make simple pads.

From BBC

Tunbridge Wells, Cambridge, North Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes will all take part in pilots which could eventually be rolled out across England.

From BBC