Milaner en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪlɪnə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmɪlənəɹ/ (General-American)
- mĭ'lə-nər (General-American)
Etymology
From Late Middle English Milener, Miloner (“native of Milan”), from Milan + -er(e) (suffix denoting an inhabitant or resident). The English word is analysable as Milan + -er.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Synonym of Milanese (“an inhabitant or native of Milan”).
"I had something to say to thee, Smith—Canst thou take up a fallen link in my Milan hauberk?" / "As well, please your Highness, as my mother could take up a stitch in the nets she wove—The Milaner shall not know my work from his own."
1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 295:Troth ſiſter I heard you vvere married to a very rich chuffe, and I vvas ſorry for it, that I had no better clothes, and that made mee ſend: for you knovv vve Millaners loue to ſtrut vpon Spaniſh leather.
1604 (date written), Tho[mas] Dekker, [Thomas Middleton], The Honest Whore. […] (4th quarto), London: […] Nicholas Okes for Robert Basse, […], published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, signature [A4], verso:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milaners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |