Millicent

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
• Millicent Gergich, recurring character in the television series "Parks and Recreation".

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

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