milieu \meel-YUH; meel-YOO\, noun;
plural milieus or milieux \-(z)\:
plural milieus or milieux \-(z)\:
- Environment; setting.
Milieu is from French, from Old French, from mi, "middle" (from Latin medius) + lieu, "place" (from Latin locus).
- Having a crush on a cougar. See cougar.
Bill: Dude, that's my neighbor Barb...she's at least 50!
Alex: I think I just developed a cougar crush.
History
- Louisiana Purchase: acquisition that doubled the territory of the United States was ratified by the Senate (1803)
- HUAC: opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the movie industry (1947)
- Saturday Night Massacre: during Watergate, President Richard Nixon got rid of his special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, as well as his AG Elliot Richardson, and deputy AG William Ruckelshaus (1973)
- Sydney Opera House: distinctive building on Sydney Harbour was opened by Queen Elizabeth II (1973)
- Sir Christopher Wren 1632
- Arthur Rimbaud 1854
- James Mann 1856
- John Dewey 1859
- Charles Ives 1874
- Bela Lugosi (Blasko) 1882
- Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) 1905
- Arlene Francis 1908
- Will Rogers, Jr. 1912
- Granpa Jones (Louis Marshall) 1913
- Fayard Nicholas 1914
- Herschel Bernardi 1922
- Art Buchwald 1925
- Mickey Mantle (MLB) 1931
- William Christopher 1932
- Roosevelt Brown (NFL) 1932
- Michael Dunn 1934
- Jerry Orbach 1935
- Bobby Seale 1936
- Wanda Jackson 1937
- Juan "Manito" Marichal (MLB) 1937
- Jay Siegal (The Tokens) 1939
- Earl Hindman 1942
- Ric Lee (Ten Years After) 1945
- Isaac Curtis (NFL) 1950
- Al Greenwood (Foreigner) 1951
- Melanie Mayron 1952
- Dave Collins (MLB) 1952
- Tom Petty 1953
- Keith Hernandez (MLB) 1953
- Eric Scott 1958
- Viggo Mortensen 1958
- Mark King (Level 42) 1958
- David Ryan (The Lemonheads) 1964
- James G. Sonefeld (Hootie & the Blowfish) 1964
- Fred Coury 1966 - Musician (Cinderella)
- Dannii Minogue 1971
- Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus) 1971
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