millet means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.
millet is pronounced /ˈmɪlɪt/.
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).
name
- A surname.
- A town in Alberta, Canada.
noun
- Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.“[…] Tobias said, ‘Don't bother. Elena's allergic to all known food groups. The only thing she eats here is seasoned millet and rainwater they bring down from Vermont in a zinc can.’”
- Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.
- A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.“The special duties of these millet organizations are to care for the educational and other moral wants of the people […]”