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miller definition

miller (mil′ər)

noun

  1. a person who owns or operates a mill, esp. a flour mill
    1. milling machine
    2. a tool to be used in such a machine
  3. any of various moths with wings that look dusty or powdered, suggesting a miller's clothes

Etymology: ME mylnere

Miller definition

Mil·ler (mil′ər)

  1. Miller, Arthur 1915-2005; U.S. playwright
  2. Miller, Henry 1891-1980; U.S. writer
  3. (mil′ər)
    Miller, Joaquin (wä kēn′) (pseud. of Cincinnatus Heine Miller) 1837?-1913; U.S. poet
  4. Miller, Joe 1684-1738; Eng. stage comedian: Joe Miller's Jest-book (1739), a book of jokes attributed to him, was published after his death

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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