Milwaukee

[ mil-waw-kee ]

noun

1. a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.

Milwaukee

/ mɪlˈwɔːkiː /

noun

1. a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan: the largest city in the state; established as a trading post in the 18th century; an important industrial centre. Pop: 586 941 (2003 est)

Milwaukee

1. Largest city in Wisconsin .

Notes

Known for its breweries.

Other Words From

• Mil·waukee·an noun

Example Sentences

When he was hospitalized last year with influenza, doctors gave the Milwaukee college student respiratory therapy every four hours to keep air moving through his lungs.

From Washington Post

You could be forgiven for looking at these findings and concluding that the cities with lower totals are doing a lot better than New York City, or even a place like Milwaukee, when it comes to police misconduct.

From FiveThirtyEight

Graham’s parents finally let the tears flow as they began the 12-hour drive to Milwaukee.

From Washington Post

Milwaukee’s defense is very much based on those same Moreyball principles.

From FiveThirtyEight

Among landlord Dan Bruckner’s holdings in the Milwaukee area is a five-building complex with 88 single-bedroom apartments on the city’s north side.

From Washington Post

A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.

From The Daily Beast

Eleven children under the age of 13 have been shot in the city of Milwaukee so far this year.

From The Daily Beast

The Orioles had won thirty-three of forty-three games, to tie Milwaukee for first place on the season's next-to-last day.

From The Daily Beast

On a hot day in Milwaukee once, Palmer quietly asked the assembled admirers, "Mind if I take off my jacket?"

From The Daily Beast

Several cities, including Washington D.C. and Milwaukee, cancelled planned performances by the group.

From The Daily Beast

It is the largest of all the Homes, though they have a small one at Milwaukee, Wis., and several others.

From Project Gutenberg

But their boat leaked like a sieve, and the stop at Milwaukee was probably precautionary.

From Project Gutenberg

At Milwaukee, in October, 1866, I found a young woman well established as a hair-dresser.

From Project Gutenberg

Are there no vats in Milwaukee, no stills in Kentucky, no factories wrapping paper rings around bunches of dead leaves at Tampa?

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Having stolen eleven dollars and a useless revolver, they ran away to Milwaukee.

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