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Milne

UK/mɪln/ US/mɪl/ uncommon

noun

1.

English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)

Origin

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

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