millman

M3I1L1L1M3A1N1

noun

A male worker in a mill.

“Near-synonym: millworker”

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millworker
OriginMiddle English mele →
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Meanings

millman1

nounmillman (plural millmen)

plural millmen

  1. A male worker in a mill.

    Near-synonym: millworker

    Synonyms: millworker

Millman2

proper nounMillman (plural Millmans)

plural Millmans · alternative Milman

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked in a mill.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA male worker in a mill.

Similar
millworker
Also see
millworker

Origin

millman · noun

From mill + -man.

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Millman · proper noun

  1. Middle Englishmele“meal, flour”
  2. EnglishMillman

English occupational surname, from millman. Older senses (presumably for a grinder or vendor of meal) derive from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) + manne. There is a Jewish variant Milman.

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APA

millman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millman

MLA

“millman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “millman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millman.

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