English Explanatory Dictionary

Miller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kansas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
  8. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
  9. An unincorporated community in Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan.
  10. A minor city in Lawrence County, Missouri.
  11. A village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
  12. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio.
noun
  1. A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
  2. A milling machine.
  3. Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.
  4. A floury-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.
  5. A rat.
  6. A moth.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪlɚ/ /ˈmɪlə(ɹ)/ /ˈmɪləː/ [ˈmɪləː] [ˈmɪlɚ] ~ [ˈmɪlɹ̩] En-us-miller.ogg

Word forms

Miller Millers

Etymology

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.

Related words

Millward milling millstone

Derived words

Andrew Miller Joe Miller Miller-Abbott tube Miller Beach Millerchip Miller County Miller-Dieker syndrome Miller effect Miller Fisher syndrome Miller flip Millerian Millerite Miller-Rabin test Millersburg Miller's Dale Millers Forest Miller test Millertown Rabin-Miller test corn-miller drown the miller dusty miller every miller draws water to his own mill floury miller milleress miller moth molly miller sawmiller too much water drowned the miller undermiller watermiller windmiller

Translations

Finnish: jänöyökkönen
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