miller
miller Lexical Profile
miller Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a corn or flour mill that grinds grain into flour.
"The village miller ground the autumn wheat harvest into fine flour using a traditional waterwheel."
A milling machine used in metalworking or manufacturing to shape solid materials with rotary cutters.
"The machinist calibrated the vertical miller before cutting the precision slots into the steel block."
Any of various nocturnal moths, especially of the family Noctuidae, having wings abundantly covered with powdery scales that resemble a miller's dusty clothing.
"A pale gray miller fluttered around the porch light on the warm summer evening."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'millere', derived from Old English 'mylen' (from Late Latin 'molina', meaning mill) combined with the agentive suffix '-er'.