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. MiltonJohn16081674MEnglishWRITING: poet 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

Fema staff have been in Florida helping residents recover from Hurricane Milton last month, and needed to survey damage to homes to assess who qualified to apply for federal aid.

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At least 24 people were killed during Milton, which left millions of homes and businesses without power.

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Two weeks before Milton, Hurricane Helene made landfall, going on to become the deadliest mainland US storm since Katrina.

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And we’ve seen the impacts of warmer oceans with very powerful hurricanes Helene and Milton slamming into the US in the summer.

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The man put the device on the side of the rink while it was under construction in Milton Keynes.

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