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Mills

//mɪlz// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English and Scottish occupational surname.
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of an Mhuilinn (“of the mill”).
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A locale in the United States:; A township in Bond County, Illinois.
  5. 5
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky; named for postmaster Isaac Mills.
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  1. 6
    A locale in the United States:; A township in Midland County, Michigan.
  2. 7
    A locale in the United States:; A township in Ogemaw County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Keya Paha County, Nebraska; named for a local gristmill.
  4. 9
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harding County, New Mexico; named for rancher and politician Melvin Whitson Mills.
  5. 10
    A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Juab County, Utah.
  6. 11
    A locale in the United States:; A town in Natrona County, Wyoming.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of mill form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of mill form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

From mills, in reference to mill owners and mill workers.

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