miller
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a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
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any moth, especially of the family Noctuidae, having wings that appear powdery.
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Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist.
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George Armitage, 1920–2012, U.S. psychologist and a founder of cognitive psychology.
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Glenn, 1904–44, U.S. dance bandleader and trombonist.
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Henry, 1891–1980, U.S. novelist.
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Joaquin Cincinnatus Heine Miller, 1841–1913, U.S. poet.
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Joe Joseph or Josias Miller, 1684–1738, English actor, after whom Joe Miller's Jestbook was named.
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Merton Howard, 1923–2000, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1990.
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William, 1782–1849, U.S. religious leader: founder of the Adventist Church.
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Arthur. 1915–2005, US dramatist. His plays include Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge (1955), and Mr Peters' Connections (1998)
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( Alton ) Glenn. 1904–44, US composer, trombonist, and band leader. His popular compositions include "Moonlight Serenade". During World War II he was leader of the US Air Force band in Europe. He disappeared without trace on a flight between England and France
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Henry ( Valentine ). 1891–1980, US novelist, author of Tropic of Cancer (1934) and Tropic of Capricorn (1938)
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Hugh 1802–56, Scottish geologist and writer
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Sir Jonathan ( Wolfe ). born 1934, British doctor, actor, and theatre director. His productions include Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Chekhov as well as numerous operas. He has also presented many television medical programmes
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a person who keeps, operates, or works in a mill, esp a corn mill
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another name for milling machine
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a person who operates a milling machine
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any of various pale coloured or white moths, especially the medium-sized noctuid Apatele leporina
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an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Clitopilus prunulus, with a white funnel-shaped cap and pinkish spores, often forming rings in grass
Other Word Forms
- undermiller noun
Etymology
Origin of miller
1325–75; Middle English millere, assimilated variant of milnere, equivalent to milne mill 1 + -ere -er 1
Example Sentences
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Business flourished—farmers became financiers, millers became millionaires.
From Literature
I only knew what one looked like because the miller’s daughter had a spinning wheel and she would spin people’s wool for some extra gold or some of their rations.
From Literature
After an overconfident miller fibs that his daughter can spin straw into gold, a greedy king locks the poor girl in a room full of straw.
"Yes! We agree!" growled mighty Val the miller, who had stood silently listening in the shadows, shoulder to shoulder as always with Ellis, her twin brother.
From Literature
In laying out the workings of a traditional Dutch windmill, for instance, he conjures a fictional miller, “a congenial fellow” who “knocks out his pipe on the door frame” before getting to work.
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