miller
Syllables: mill·erUK/ˈmɪləː//ˈmɪlɚ/
miller noun: a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
Noun
miller (plural millers)
- A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
- Constable's father, a wealthy miller, operated the mill at Flatford, which still stands 1 mile south of the village.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 160, about East Bergholt
- A milling machine.
- Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there...1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341
- Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.
- A floury-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.
- A rat.
- A moth.
Proper noun capitalized: Miller
Miller (countable and uncountable, plural Millers)
- An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.
- Ewan McGregor is back as the lead character, Renton, perhaps best remembered for his visit in the first film to the “Worst Toilet in Scotland.” Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; Ewen Bremner returns as the dimwitted Spud, who, in the first...2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2025
- By 2025, of course, Trump and Miller were back in the White House, pursuing a campaign promise to “remigrate” millions of everyday people out of America.2025 June 14, Christopher Mathias, “JD Vance threatened to deport him. The ‘menswear guy’ is posting through it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Lawrence County, Missouri.
- A village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
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- A small city, the county seat of Hand County, South Dakota.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Miller Township.
- A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
miller meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
miller in Hindi
- person
- चक्कीवाला cakkīvālā
miller in Tamil
- ஆலை உரிமையாளர்
miller in Urdu
- پن چکی والا
miller in Bengali
- মিলের শ্রমিক, জাঁতাত্তআলা, মিলের মালিক, শস্যচূর্ণের কলত্তআলা, ঘানিত্তয়ালা, শস্যপেষাইকারী
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- miller in Malayalam
- മില്ലുടമസ്ഥൻ, മാവരയ്ക്കുന്നവൻ, ധാന്യം പൊടിക്കുന്നവൻ
- miller in Kannada
- ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಗಿರಣಿಯವನು, ಗಿರಣಿ ಯಜಮಾನ, ಗಿರಣಿಗಾರ, ಗಿರಣಿ ನಡೆಸುವವನು
- miller in Pashto
- آسياوان āsyāwān
- miller in Arabic
- طَحَّان ṭaḥḥān, طَحَّانَة ṭaḥḥāna
- miller in Persian
- آسیابان âsiyâbân
- miller in Thai
- เจ้าของโรงสี jâo-kɔ̌ɔng roong-sǐi
- miller in Vietnamese
- người thợ xay, người chủ cối xay
Examples of miller in a sentence
- As the saying goes, 'every miller draws water to his own mill.'
- Miller famously tried to use as little CGI as possible in Fury Road.
- The miller or his donkey pulled at the so-called tailpole and turned the mill into the wind.
Forms of miller
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | millers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Millers |
Origin of miller
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)).
English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.
Words formed from miller
- Andrew Miller
- Joe Miller
- Miller-Abbott tube
- Miller Beach
- Millerchip
- Miller County
- Miller-Dieker syndrome
- Miller effect
- Miller Fisher syndrome
- Miller flip
- Millerian
- Millerism
- millerite
- Miller Place
- Miller-Rabin test
- Millersburg
- Miller's Dale
- Millers Falls
- Millers Forest
- Miller test
- Millerton
- Millertown
- Rabin-Miller test
- corn-miller
- drown the miller
- dusty miller
- every miller draws water to his own mill
- floury miller
- milleress
- miller moth
- molly miller
- sawmiller
- too much water drowned the miller
- undermiller
- watermiller
- windmiller
Phrases with miller
Words that rhyme with miller
Questions about miller
- What does miller mean?
- Miller means a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
- What is miller in Hindi?
- Miller in Hindi is चक्कीवाला (cakkīvālā). See Miller meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is miller?
- Miller can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce miller?
- Miller is pronounced /ˈmɪləː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of miller?
- The plural of miller is millers.
Words near miller in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: miller (page history and authors); Miller (page history and authors); miller (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); miller (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); miller (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); miller (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); miller (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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