miller

plural millers

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

   Constable's father, a wealthy miller, operated the mill at Flatford, which still stands 1 mile south of the village.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 160, about East Bergholt

2. datedA milling machine.

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   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.

   1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341

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. UKarchaicslanggovernmentA rat.
6. AppalachiainformalA moth.

plural Millers

1. countableAn English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.

   By 2025, of course, Trump and Miller were back in the White House, pursuing a campaign promise to “remigrate” millions of everyday people out of America.

   2025 June 14, Christopher Mathias, “JD Vance threatened to deport him. The ‘menswear guy’ is posting through it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025

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   Ewan McGregor is back as the lead character, Renton, perhaps best remembered for his visit in the first film to the “Worst Toilet in Scotland.” Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; Ewen Bremner returns as the dimwitted Spud, who, in the first movie, has a memorable job interview while high on speed; and Jonny Lee Miller is back as Sick Boy, now known as Simon.

   2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2025

2. countableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kansas.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan.
   7. countableuncountableA minor city in Lawrence County, Missouri.
   8. countableuncountableA village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
   9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
   11. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Hand County, South Dakota.
   12. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Miller Township.
4. countableuncountableA neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
5. countableuncountableA suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.