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Webster 1913 Edition


Miller

Mill′er

(mĭl′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
2.
A milling machine.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A moth or lepidopterous insect; – so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller’s clothes. Called also
moth miller
.
(b)
The eagle ray.
(c)
The hen harrier.
[Prov. Eng.]
Miller's thumb
.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small fresh-water fish of the genus
Uranidea
(formerly
Cottus
), as the European species (
Uranidea gobio
), and the American (
Uranidea gracilis
); – called also
bullhead
.
(b)
A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Miller

MIL'LER

,
Noun.
[from mill.] One whose occupation is to attend a grist-mill.
1.
An insect whose wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes.

Definition 2024


Miller

Miller

See also: miller

English

Proper noun

Miller

  1. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a miller.

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See also

  • Millward

miller

miller

See also: Miller

English

Noun

miller (plural millers)

  1. A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flour mill.
  2. A milling machine.
  3. Any of several moths that have powdery wings.
  4. The common name of a flour-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.

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