millier

American  

[meel-yey] / milˈyeɪ /

noun

1. 1000 kilograms; a metric ton.

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Etymology

Origin of millier

< French < Latin milliārius. See milli-, -ier ²

Example Sentences

The Times has had a staff art critic for a hundred years, ever since the 1926 appointment of British immigrant and painter Arthur Millier, who wrote in these pages for 32 years.

From Los Angeles Times

The Times’ then-art critic, Arthur Millier, was a staunch advocate for the murals and wrote about them many times, including a particularly poignant plea for them to be spared a week before they were slated for destruction.

From Los Angeles Times

“There is in Los Angeles, in a semi-public place, a work of art which gives to a vast gray wall a freshness like the breath of spring, a lightsome beauty like the dawn of the Renaissance in Tuscany,” Millier wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

“Every great work of art was once new and strange,” Millier noted.

From Los Angeles Times

Marshall heard the gossip during her Harvard years; Millier’s biography, published in 1993, makes the outlines of the relationship clear.

From The New Yorker