Millicent

Millicent is a female given name meaning "she with the gentle gait" (from Old High German mel, "dear, mild, gentle" and Gothic sinps, "walk, gait, military expedition"). The old German form is Melisenda, the modern German form is Melisande, and the French form is Mélisande. The name was popular with the Western Franks, for example it was borne by Melisende of Jerusalem in the 12th century.

Millicent can refer to:

People (real or fictional)

• Barbara Millicent Roberts (Barbie the doll)
• Milly-Molly-Mandy (nickname of Millicent Margaret Amanda), a fictional character in books by Joyce Lankester Brisley
• Millicent Bagnold, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
• Millicent Bulstrode, also a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
• Dame Millicent Fawcett DBE (1847-1929), a British suffragist and early feminist
• Millicent Fenwick (1910-1992), an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat
• Millicent Martin (1934-), an English actress, singer and comedian
• Millicent Preston-Stanley (1883-1955), an Australian feminist and politician
• Millicent Min Girl Genius, a book by Lisa Yee
• Millicent Mudd, a character in the webcomic Ozy and Millie.
• Millicent (Merrie Melodies), a animated cartoon character.
• Millicent Bystander, a nickname of the main character of the 2006 film Flushed Away
• Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, British society hostess
• Millicent YS Foo-Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, Studio Manager of Del Suria Sdn Bhd

Millicent Weems, name of character played by Dianne Wiest is Synecdoche, New York

Other

• Millicent, South Australia, a town in South Australia
• A term used for police officers in the fictional nadsat slang in Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange
• Millicent (micropayment), a micropayment system
• Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts

See also

• Melisende
• Melisande

References

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