half-miler

[haf-mahy-ler, hahf-]

noun Informal.

a half-mile race.
a runner who participates or specializes in such a race.

Origin of half-miler

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

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Examples from the Web for half-miler

Historical Examples

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
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for half-miler

half-miler

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for half-miler

Historical Examples

Rindgely went in then and made the pace for the next three-quarters, and then gave place to Thatcher, a half-miler.

He was trying to be a half-miler last I knew, but I saw him over with the jumpers Friday.

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

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