miller

See also: Miller

English

Etymology

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.

Compare also Middle English milward, mulward (“miller”), from Old English mylenweard (“miller”, literally “mill-keeper”) (> English Millward (surname)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɚ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

miller (plural millers)

1. A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
2. (outdated) A milling machine.
   • 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:

     Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here.

3. Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.
4. The common name of a flour-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.
5. (UK, naval slang, outdated) A rat.

Derived terms

• drown the miller
• dusty miller
• every miller draws water to his own mill
• floury miller
• miller moth
• molly miller
• too much water drowned the miller

 

Translations

person

• Albanian: mullis (sq)
• Arabic: طَحَّان m (ṭaḥḥān), طَحَّانَة f (ṭaḥḥāna)
• Armenian: ջրաղացպան (hy) (ǰraġacʻpan), ջաղացպան (hy) (ǰaġacʻpan), աղացպան (aġacʻpan)
• Aromanian: murar m
• Azerbaijani: dəyirmançı
• Bashkir: тирмәнсе (tirmənse)
• Belarusian: ме́льнік m (mjélʹnik), млына́р m (mlynár)
• Bulgarian: мелнича́р m (melničár), мелнича́рка f (melničárka)
• Catalan: moliner (ca) m, molinera (ca) f
• Chechen: хьархо (ḥʳarxo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磨坊主 (zh) (mòfāngzhǔ), 磨坊工人 (mòfāng gōngrén)

• Czech: mlynář (cs) m, mlynářka (cs) f
• Danish: møller c, møllerske c (female) (cf. møllerinde c (female))
• Dutch: molenaar (nl) m, molenaarster (nl) f, muldner m (dialectal)
• Esperanto: muelisto
• Estonian: mölder
• Finnish: mylläri (fi)
• Faroese: mylnari m
• French: meunier (fr) m, meunière (fr) f
• Galician: muiñeiro (gl) m, muiñeira (gl) f
• Georgian: მეწისქვილე (mec̣iskvile)
• German: Müller (de) m, Müllerin (de) f
• Greek: μυλωνάς (el) m (mylonás)

  Ancient: μυλωθρός m (mulōthrós)

• Hebrew: טוֹחֵן m (tokhén), טוֹחֶנֶת (he) f (tokhénet)
• Hindi: चक्कीवाला m (cakkīvālā)
• Hungarian: molnár (hu)
• Icelandic: malari (is) m, mylnari m
• Ingrian: mylleri
• Irish: muilleoir m
• Italian: mugnaio (it) m, mugnaia f, mulinaro m, mulinara f
• Japanese: 粉屋 (ja) (こなや, konaya)
• Kashubian: młënôrz m
• Kazakh: диірменші (diırmenşı)
• Korean: 방아꾼 (bang'akkun), 방앗간 일꾼 (bang'atgan ilkkun) (worker), 방앗간 주인 (bang'atgan ju'in) (owner), 제분소 일꾼 (jebunso ilkkun) (worker), 제분소 주인(製粉所主人) (jebunso ju'in) (owner)
• Kumyk: тирменчи (tirmençi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاشەوان (aşewan)

  Northern Kurdish: aşvan (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: тегирменчи (ky) (tegirmenci)
• Latin: molīnārius m, molīnāria f, molitor m, molitrīx m
• Latvian: dzirnavnieks m
• Limburgish: mölder (li) m
• Lithuanian: malūnininkas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Møller m, Møllerin f, Møllersche f

• Macedonian: мелничар m (melničar), мелничарка f (melničarka)
• Middle English: mylnere
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тээрэмчин (mn) (teeremčin)

• Norman: monnyi m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møller m

  Nynorsk: mylnar m, møllar m, mjølnar m (dialectal), mulnar m (dialectal), mylnari m (dialectal)

• Old English: *mylnere m
• Old Norse: mylnari m
• Ossetian: куыройгӕс (k°yrojgæs)
• Ottoman Turkish: دكرمنجی (değirmenci)
• Pashto: آسياوان m (āsyāwān)
• Persian: آسیابان (fa) (âsiyâbân)
• Polish: młynarz (pl) m, młynarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: moleiro (pt), moleira (pt) f
• Romanian: morar (ro) m, morăreasă (ro) f, morăriță (ro) f
• Russian: ме́льник (ru) m (mélʹnik), ме́льничиха (ru) f (mélʹničixa) (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мли̏на̄р m, мли̏нарица f

  Roman: mlȉnār (sh) m, mlȉnarica (sh) f

• Slovak: mlynár (sk) m, mlynárka f
• Slovene: mlinar (sl) m, mlinarica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: młynikaŕ m

  Upper Sorbian: młynk m

• Southern Altai: теерменчи (teermenči)
• Spanish: molinero (es) m, molinera f
• Swedish: mjölnare (sv) c
• Tajik: осиёбон (osiyobon)
• Tatar: тегермәнче (tt) (tegermänçe)
• Thai: เจ้าของโรงสี (jâo-kɔ̌ɔng roong-sǐi) (owner)
• Turkish: değirmenci (tr)
• Turkmen: degirmençi
• Ukrainian: ме́льник m (mélʹnyk), млина́р m (mlynár), міро́шник m (miróšnyk)
• Uyghur: تۈگمەنچى (tügmenchi)
• Uzbek: tegirmonchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: người thợ xay (worker), người chủ cối xay (owner)
• Volapük: mülan (vo), himülan (male), jimülan (vo) (female)
• Welsh: melinydd (cy) m
• Yiddish: מילנער m (milner), מילנערין f (milnerin), מילנערקע f (milnerke)

milling machine — see milling machine

moth with powdery wings

• Finnish: jänöyökkönen (Acronicta leporina)

Clitopilus prunulus

• Czech: mechovka obecná f
• Finnish: jauhosieni
• Hungarian: lisztgomba (hu)
• Romanian: nicorete (ro) m, morăriță (ro) f

Anagrams

• Rimell, remill