miller

¹ American  

[mil-er] / ˈmɪl ər /

noun

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

• undermiller noun

Etymology

Origin of miller

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

Example Sentences

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

"I don't think the world can afford for Ukraine's agriculture to suffer. We do need them, particularly on the corn side," said Scott Wellcome, director of grains risk management at GoodMills, Europe's largest miller.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

Purported health benefits aside, for Filippo Drago—the Sicilian grain miller, bread baker, and pasta maker behind the brand—it all comes down to taste: "It's not a penance, it's a joy," he says.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

For all the bravery I had felt in the presence of Frederick and Bruno, the miller still frightened me.

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