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miller

/ˈmɪlə/MIH-lur
/ˈmɪlɚ/MIH-lur

Meaningone who works a mill

Common meaning: a person who runs a flour mill

Journey through time

  1. Latinmolina‘mill’source
  2. Old Englishmylen‘mill’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmellesource
  4. Englishmill‘a building or machine for grinding grain’
  5. Englishformed in English from millmiller‘a person who runs a flour mill’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from mill + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MILL, p.368 · scan

Source words

  • molina Latin · source word “mill”

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