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Miller

mil·ler

UK/ˈmɪləː/ US/ˈmɪləː/ common informal slang uk

noun

1.
2.

United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)

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3.

United States playwright (born 1915)

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4.

someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)

5.

machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it

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6.

any of various moths that have powdery wings

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Origin

From Middle English myllere, mellere, from earlier mylnere, possibly from an Old English *mylnere, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnārī (“miller”), equivalent to mill + -er; cf. also Late Latin molīnārius (“miller”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Muller, Dutch mulder, molenaar, German Low German Möller, German Müller, Müllner, Danish møller, Norwegian Bokmål møller, Norwegian Nynorsk mylnar, møllar, Swedish mjölnare, Icelandic mylnari. Compare also Middle English milward, mulward (“miller”), from Old English mylenweard (“miller”, literally “mill-keeper”) (> English Millward (surname)).

Phrases

  • drown the miller
  • dusty miller
  • every miller draws water to his own mill
  • floury miller
  • miller moth
  • Millers Falls
  • molly miller
  • too much water drowned the miller

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