Milton

[mil-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.”

Milton

/ 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)

Example Sentences

"For Silverstone, I was able to stay in my flat in London, get the train to Milton Keynes and shuttle from there," he says.

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“It never hurts to ask the CDC,” said Scott Milton, a medical officer at the Texas health department.

From Salon

The last time the band played in the UK was in 2022, when they performed in Milton Keynes and Warrington as part of their reunion tour.

From BBC

While Milton Keynes has been building homes at a rate that would meet the government's targets, Eastbourne in Sussex is among many councils that have a long way to go.

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But the BMA rejected a request by Milton Keynes Hospital for a doctor to carry out prostate cancer checks.

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