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Miller¹

  • /ˈmɪlɚ/ US
  • /ˈmɪlə(ɹ)/ UK

Sounds like miller · Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Millers

  1. countable An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller. 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 m
  2. countable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kansas.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan.
  9. countable, uncountable A minor city in Lawrence County, Missouri.
  10. countable, uncountable A village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
  13. countable, uncountable A small city, the county seat of Hand County, South Dakota.
  14. countable, uncountable A number of townships in the United States, listed under Miller Township.
  15. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  16. countable, uncountable A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

miller²

  • /ˈmɪləː/ UK
  • [ˈmɪləː] UK
  • /ˈmɪlɚ/ US
  • [ˈmɪlɚ] ~ [ˈmɪlɹ̩] US

Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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)).

noun 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.
  2. dated A milling machine. 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
  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. UK, archaic, slang A rat.
  6. Appalachia, informal A moth.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: milling machine, millar, milling, sucker, millet, müller, mailer, miao, crichton, forester, thorne, helfrich, jamil, durrell, urey, fulop

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name surname meaning "a miller"

EspañolMolinero, Molina
FrançaisMeunier, Dumoulin, Moulin
DeutschMueller, Müller
ItalianoMolinaro, Molinari, Mugnai
РусскийМельников Melʹnikov, Мельникова Melʹnikova

noun person

Españolmolinero, molinera
한국어방아꾼 bang'akkun, 방앗간 일꾼 bang'atgan ilkkun, 방앗간 주인 bang'atgan ju'in, 제분소 일꾼 jebunso ilkkun, 제분소 주인 jebunso ju'in
日本語粉屋 konaya
中文磨坊主 mòfāngzhǔ, 磨坊工人 mòfāng gōngrén
हिन्दीचक्कीवाला cakkīvālā
Portuguêsmoleiro, moleira
Françaismeunier, meunière
DeutschMüller, Müllerin
Italianomugnaio, mugnaia, mulinaro, mulinara
Ελληνικάμυλωνάς mylonás
Românămorar, morăreasă, morăriță
Русскийме́льник mélʹnik, ме́льничиха mélʹničixa
Tiếng Việtngười thợ xay, người chủ cối xay
العربيةطَحَّان ṭaḥḥān, طَحَّانَة ṭaḥḥāna
עבריתטוֹחֵן tokhén, טוֹחֶנֶת tokhénet

noun Clitopilus prunulus

Românănicorete, morăriță

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@misc{miller_2026,
  title = {miller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/miller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}