MILLINER, originally a dealer in goods from the city of Milan in Italy, whence the name.
Such goods were chiefly steel work, including cutlery, needles, also arms and armour and textile fabrics, ribbons, gloves and "Milan bonnets." The "milliners" of London, though never formed into a Livery Company seem to have been associated with the "Cappers and Hurers," which later were amalgamated with the "Haberdashers" (q.v.).
Minsheu's derivation of the word from mille, thousand ("as having a thousand small wares to sell"), though a typical instance of guessing etymologies, shows the miscellaneous character of their trade in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Milliner was assigned to the USS Grunion SS-216, a new fleet boat of the Gato Class, which was 1,525 tons, 307 feet long, and a crew of 80.
Milliner qualified for command of submarines, and would be named captain of a submarine when he returned.
Milliner, was named after his great great great Grandfather Milliner, who ran away from home to serve as a Drummer Boy in the Continental Army during the War for Independence.
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