miller.
A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
Meaning & usage
A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
A milling machine.
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.
Where this word comes from
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)).
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