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• miller
  miller

  noun

  a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
• Miller
  Miller

  noun

  Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist.

miller

¹ American  

[mil-er] / ˈmɪl ər /

noun

• millers
  plural

1. a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.

2. milling machine.

3. any moth, especially of the family Noctuidae, having wings that appear powdery.

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Miller ² American  

[mil-er] / ˈmɪl ər /

noun

1. Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist.

2. George Armitage, 1920–2012, U.S. psychologist and a founder of cognitive psychology.

3. Glenn, 1904–44, U.S. dance bandleader and trombonist.

4. Henry, 1891–1980, U.S. novelist.

5. Joaquin Cincinnatus Heine Miller, 1841–1913, U.S. poet.

6. Joe Joseph or Josias Miller, 1684–1738, English actor, after whom Joe Miller's Jestbook was named.

7. Merton Howard, 1923–2000, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1990.

8. William, 1782–1849, U.S. religious leader: founder of the Adventist Church.

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Miller ¹ British  

/ ˈmɪlə /

noun

1. Arthur. 1915–2005, US dramatist. His plays include Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge (1955), and Mr Peters' Connections (1998)

2. ( Alton ) Glenn. 1904–44, US composer, trombonist, and band leader. His popular compositions include "Moonlight Serenade". During World War II he was leader of the US Air Force band in Europe. He disappeared without trace on a flight between England and France

3. Henry ( Valentine ). 1891–1980, US novelist, author of Tropic of Cancer (1934) and Tropic of Capricorn (1938)

4. Hugh 1802–56, Scottish geologist and writer

5. Sir Jonathan ( Wolfe ). born 1934, British doctor, actor, and theatre director. His productions include Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Chekhov as well as numerous operas. He has also presented many television medical programmes

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miller ² British  

/ ˈmɪlə /

noun

1. a person who keeps, operates, or works in a mill, esp a corn mill

2. another name for milling machine

3. a person who operates a milling machine

4. any of various pale coloured or white moths, especially the medium-sized noctuid Apatele leporina

5. an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Clitopilus prunulus, with a white funnel-shaped cap and pinkish spores, often forming rings in grass

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• undermiller
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• millers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of miller

1325–75; Middle English millere, assimilated variant of milnere, equivalent to milne mill ¹ + -ere -er ¹

Example Sentences

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miller Miller millers

Retired miller John Lovett estimates that fewer than 100 traditional gristmills nationwide still operate at commercial viability.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

But a descendant of Melin Llynon's first miller said "he would have turned in his grave" if he saw "the colours of the mill now".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

After an overconfident miller fibs that his daughter can spin straw into gold, a greedy king locks the poor girl in a room full of straw.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

The son of a samurai turned rice miller, Keisaburo Koda was born in Japan in 1882.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023

Nothing was binding me anymore, not the miller or the gold or a rumpel.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: "Economic growth in every postcode sounds great and is something we would all love. I think it'll actually be much harder to achieve in practice."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

In April 2024, Mica Miller, the wife of South Carolina pastor John Paul Miller, was found dead in an apparent suicide that friends and family quickly doubted.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

While Waymond Jordan and Miller did most of the damage on the ground, combining for 111 yards, redshirt freshman Riley Wormley was the first USC running back to score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

In the months that followed, Snead swung trades for All-Pro defensive end Von Miller and running back Sony Michel, a former first-rounder, by giving up four more draft picks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Finishing his little speech and heading back to his chair, Steve Eisman passed Bill Miller and patted him on the back, almost sympathetically.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Traditional millers say stone-ground products are healthier than ones from industrial roller mills.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The 32-year-old had resorted to cooking afafata - the rice grain millers normally throw away at the end of the sorting process because it is too tough.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

In the meantime, Vincenzo Martinelli, president of the durum section of Italian millers association Italmopa, nervously awaits the outcome of the Canadian harvest.

From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023

Interspersed among the food recipes are drink recipes showcasing Fremont Mischief spirits, which also rely on local makers: the growers, millers and maltsters of grain in the Skagit and Willamette valleys.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

There was Bronden, clapping her hands, and the millers, Val and Ellis, staring at each other in amazement.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda