Milton

Mil·ton

[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.”
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Milton (ˈmɪltən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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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Milton is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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