Meaning

6 senses
  1. A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

    Müller, Müllerin

    ме́льникmélʹnik, ме́льничихаmélʹničixa

    ме́льникmélʹnyk, млина́рmlynár, міро́шникmiróšnyk

    someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)

  2. (dated)A milling machine.

  3. Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.

    any of various moths that have powdery wings

  4. A floury-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.

  5. (Appalachia, informal)A moth.

  6. (UK, archaic, slang)A rat.

Examples

74 sentences
  1. My dad used to be a miller.

    deMein Vater war mal Müller.

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  2. I know that the miller is trying.

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  3. Dr. Miller wants you to wait for a while.

    Доктор Міллер хоче, щоб ви трохи зачекали.

    ruДоктор Миллер хочет, чтобы вы немного подождали.

    deDoktor Müller möchte, dass du noch eine Weile wartest.

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  4. Tom is a miller.

    deTom ist Müller.

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  5. I am a miller.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English myllere, mellere, from earlier mylnere, possibly from an Old English *

From Middle English myllere, mellere, from earlier mylnere, possibly from an Old English *mylnere, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnārī (“miller”), equivalent to mill + -er; cf. also Late Latin molīnārius (“miller”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Muller, Dutch mulder, molenaar, German Low German Möller, German Müller, Müllner, Danish møller, Norwegian Bokmål møller, Norwegian Nynorsk mylnar, møllar, Swedish mjölnare, Icelandic mylnari.

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Forms

plural: millers
Singularmiller
Pluralmillers

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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