Macmillan

[ muhk-mil-uhn ]

/ məkˈmɪl ən /

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noun

Harold, 1894–1986, British statesman: prime minister 1957–63.

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Other definitions for Macmillan (2 of 2)

MacMillan

[ muhk-mil-uhn ]

/ məkˈmɪl ən /

noun

Donald Bax·ter

[bak-ster], /ˈbæk stər/, 1874–1970, U.S. Arctic explorer.

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How to use Macmillan in a sentence

“I feel like I’ve used up all my luck for the year on the first day,” MacMillan said.
Trying not to waste a single drop of coronavirus vaccine|Lenny Bernstein, Lola Fadulu|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
MacMillan is the author of several highly regarded histories of war and peace.
Humans Have Gotten Nicer and Better at Making War - Issue 94: Evolving|Steve Paulson|January 6, 2021|Nautilus
After a few troubling experiments, last year he declared that libraries would be allowed to purchase only one copy each of any new Macmillan ebook for the first eight weeks after it came out.
One of the great enemies of the public library is departing|Aaron Pressman|September 18, 2020|Fortune
Copyright © 2014 by the author and reprinted by permission of Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin's Press, LLC.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics|Michael Wolraich|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Then she shoves MacMillan in the chest and exits stage left.
‘Halt and Catch Fire’ and AMC’s Push to Reset Dramas|Andrew Romano|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, MacMillan has the temerity to issue a caveat mid-thrust.
‘Halt and Catch Fire’ and AMC’s Push to Reset Dramas|Andrew Romano|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It merged into what was then called Macmillan, and disappeared, as did the imprint it merged into.
The Victims of the Penguin & Random House Merger: Literary Agents|Ella Delany|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
John Sargent, the CEO of Macmillan, today published a letter insisting that he did not act illegally, and there was no collusion.
Amazon Is the Big Winner in Justice Dept. Suit Against Apple and 5 Publishers|Jimmy So|April 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ordered South appeared in Macmillan for that same April, and in its very beauty there is a most painful pathos.
Robert Louis Stevenson|Margaret Moyes Black
(Macmillan & Bowles), has just come from the press, it is fashionable to say that he follows after Calverley, at some distance.
Adventures in Criticism|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Macmillan's Magazine (Nov., 1870), "Sad-colored costumes," ii.
Arrows of the Chace, v. 2|John Ruskin
The ease and grace of style common to all Dr. Macmillan's writings are palpable in this volume.
Roman Mosaics|Hugh Macmillan
I have to thank both him and Mr. Macmillan for the obliging promptness with which my request was granted.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps|John Tyndall

British Dictionary definitions for Macmillan (1 of 2)

Macmillan

/ (məkˈmɪlən) /

noun

(Maurice) Harold, 1st Earl of Stockton. 1894–1986, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1957–63)

British Dictionary definitions for Macmillan (2 of 2)

MacMillan

noun

James (Loy). born 1959, Scottish composer and conductor; his works include two symphonies, the orchestral work Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990), and the operas Ines de Castro (1996) and The Sacrifice (2007)

Sir Kenneth. 1929–92, British choreographer, dancer, and ballet director; chief choreographer for the Royal Ballet from 1970

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