miler
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Canada/ˈmaɪləɹ/
miler noun: an athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
Noun
miler (plural milers)
- An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
- But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.1905, E.W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night
- The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, Through the Magic Door
- A race whose length is the specified number of miles.
- I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.
- There were some impressive victories, but Fleming believes her most important race was the second of two close second-place finishes to Pippig, one in the Peachtree 10-K in Atlanta in July and the second in a seven-miler in Davenport, Iowa, a week later.1993 November 11, Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr., “NEW YORK CITY MARATHON; An American Sets Her Sights High”, in The New York Times
Proper noun capitalized: Miler
Miler (plural Milers)
- A surname.
Examples of miler in a sentence
- They started with a mile; by January, they were hitting the trails at Bear Mountain at 7 a.m. on Saturdays for a brisk eight-miler.2007 July 15, Gerri Hirshey, “Sisterhood of the Walking Shoe”, in The New York Times:
- Sell continued, “If it’s really icy out or if it’s negative 10 degrees and you are doing an easy six-miler, it probably makes a lot more sense to do it on a treadmill than to risk hurting anything.”2010 March 3, Gina Kolata, “Winter Training: Faster and Safer Indoors?”, in The New York Times:
Forms of miler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | milers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Milers |
Origin of miler
From mile + -er.
Words formed from miler
- extra-miler
- half-miler
- quarter-miler
Questions about miler
- What does miler mean?
- Miler means an athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
- How do you use miler in a sentence?
- They started with a mile; by January, they were hitting the trails at Bear Mountain at 7 a.m. on Saturdays for a brisk eight-miler.
- What part of speech is miler?
- Miler can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce miler?
- Miler is pronounced /ˈmaɪləɹ/ (Canada).
- What is the plural of miler?
- The plural of miler is milers.
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