Milne

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Milne

/mɪln/
/mɪl/ dated

Rhymes with -ɪln, -ɪl

Where it comes from

Scottish occupational surname for a miller or someone who lived at a mill, from Old English mylen (“mill”). Compare Mill and Milner.

proper noun Milnes · Mylne

A surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wardlaw, grinnell, thomson, edwards, robertson, milney, millien, milbourne, milke, matley, melton, milner, mildmay, milburn, moorfield, marlee

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@misc{milne_2026,
  title = {Milne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}