half-miler

[ haf-mahy-ler, hahf- ]

nounInformal.
  1. a half-mile race.

  2. a runner who participates or specializes in such a race.

Origin of half-miler

1
First recorded in 1930–35; half-mile + -er1

Words Nearby half-miler

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How to use half-miler in a sentence

  • Billy Goode thinks the school can worry along through the year without him as a jumper or half-miler or shot-putter.

    Quarter-Back Bates | Ralph Henry Barbour
  • He was trying to be a half-miler last I knew, but I saw him over with the jumpers Friday.

    Quarter-Back Bates | Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Rindgely went in then and made the pace for the next three-quarters, and then gave place to Thatcher, a half-miler.

    On Your Mark! | Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for half-miler

half-miler

noun
  1. a runner who specializes in running races over half a mile or a similar metric distance

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