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Milton

American  
[mil-tn] / ˈmɪl 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 British  
/ 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)

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The third edition of the event is going to take place in the Czech Republic in June, after being held in Milton Keynes for the past two years.

From BBC

As Milton Friedman explained in 1967, “a system of floating exchange rates completely eliminates the balance-of-payments problem.”

From The Wall Street Journal

For example, Bondi served as the lead attorney for billionaire Trevor Milton, who was convicted of defrauding investors in 2022, in a scheme in which Milton made misleading statements targeting “retail investors.”

From Salon

Among the most popular: the Checkered Game of Life, created by game pioneer Milton Bradley in 1860.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tiger Duggan, who was originally from Milton Keynes but had been living in Australia with his brother, had been receiving treatment at MedPark Hospital in Bangkok.

From BBC

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