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Millicent is a female given name that has been in use since the Middle Ages. The English form Millicent derives from the Old French Melisende, from the Germanic amal "work" and swinth "strength".[1] Millicent may refer to:
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People
- Millicent Bagot (1907-2006), British intelligence officer
- Millicent Borges Accardi, Portuguese-American poet and writer
- Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929), British suffragist
- Millicent Fenwick (1910-1992), American fashion editor and politician
- Millicent Hearst (1882-1974), American socialite and philanthropist
- Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955), British society hostess
- Millicent Martin (born 1934), British actress
- Millicent Preston-Stanley (1883-1955), Australian feminist and politician
- Millicent Selsam (1912-1996), American author
- Milicent Shinn (1858-1940), American psychologist
- Millicent Silver (1905-1986), British musician
Fictional characters
- Millicent, in the 1957 Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Romeo
- Millicent, fictional term for police officers in the nadsat slang of the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Millicent Bagnold, in the Harry Potter series
- Millicent Bulstrode, in the Harry Potter series
- Millicent Bystander, in the 2006 film Flushed Away
- Millicent Min, heroine of Millicent Min, Girl Genius, 2003 novel by Lisa Yee
- Millicent Huxtable, in the television series One Tree Hill
- Millicent Mudd, in the webcomic Ozy and Millie
- Millicent Weems, in the 2008 film Synecdoche, New York
- Millicent, in the short story "Initiation" by Sylvia Plath
- Millicent "Penny" Woods, a character on the television series Good Times
- Millicent, main character in the 1960 Twilight Zone episode Mirror Image.
Places
- Millicent, Alberta
- Millicent, South Australia
- Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Other uses
- Millicent, a micropayment system
See also
- Melisende (disambiguation)
- Melisande (disambiguation)
- Millie (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Withycombe, E.G., comp. (1950) The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 209.
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