muller

¹

[muhl-er]

noun

1. an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.

2. any of various mechanical devices for grinding.

muller

²

[muhl-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that mulls alcoholic beverages.

2. a container for mulling an alcoholic beverage over a fire.

Muller

³

[myoo-ler, muhl-er, mil-]

noun

1. Hermann Joseph, 1890–1967, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1946.

Müller

⁴

[muhl-er, my-luhr]

noun

1. Johann Regiomontanus.

2. Johannes Peter 1801–58, German physiologist and comparative anatomist.

3. K. Alex Karl Alexander Müller, 1927–2023, Swiss physicist who, with J. Georg Bednorz, discovered superconductivity in ceramic materials: shared Nobel Prize in Physics 1987.

4. Max Friedrich Max Müller, 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.

5. Wilhelm Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller, 1794–1827, German lyric poet noted for poems that became the basis of works by Franz Schubert and other composers.

Müller

¹

/ ˈmylər /

noun

1. Friedrich Max (ˈfriːdrɪç maks). 1823–1900, British Sanskrit scholar born in Germany

2. Johann (joˈhan). See Regiomontanus

3. Johannes Peter (joˈhanəs ˈpeːtər). 1801–58, German physiologist, anatomist, and experimental psychologist

4. Paul Hermann (paul ˈhɛrman). 1899–1965, Swiss chemist. He synthesized DDT (1939) and discovered its use as an insecticide: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1948

Muller

²

/ ˈmʌlə /

noun

1. Hermann Joseph. 1890–1967, US geneticist, noted for his work on the transmutation of genes by X-rays: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1946

muller

³

/ ˈmʌlə /

noun

1. a flat heavy implement of stone or iron used to grind material against a slab of stone

Word History and Origins

Origin of muller¹

1375–1425; late Middle English molour; mull ⁴, -or ², -er ¹

Origin of muller²

First recorded in 1855–60; mull ² + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of muller¹

C15: probably from mullen to grind to powder; compare Old English myl dust

Example Sentences

Many of the Democratic candidates or mullers are personifications of the contemporary phenomenon that the presidency can be an entry-level job.

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I remember seeing Thomas muller joking with the referee midway through the second half while deadlocked against an organized Swedish side, and thinking where was the passion?

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Two Seans - one from Bristol and the other from Leeds - both write that muller is an old English Romany word meaning "to kill", and the word mulla means corpse.

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But muller does not refer to the player Gerd Muller, however much he stands out in the unfinished story of the great game that is England v Germany.

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You're never going to make decent wine from muller or Bacchus.

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