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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. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Muller (“miller”), Dutch mulder, molenaar (“miller”), Low German Möller (“miller”), German Müller (“miller”), Danish møller (“miller”), Norwegian Bokmål møller (“miller”), Norwegian Nynorsk mylnar, møllar (“miller”), Swedish mjölnare (“miller”), Icelandic mylnari (“miller”).
Compare also Middle English milward, mulward (“miller”), from Old English mylenweard (“miller”, literally “mill-keeper”) (> English Millward (surname)).
Pronunciation
Noun
miller (plural millers)
- A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flour mill.
- (outdated) A milling machine.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.
- Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.
- The common name of a flour-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.
Derived terms
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: млына́р m (mlynár), ме́льнік f (mjélʹnik)
- Bulgarian: мелнича́р m (melničár), мелнича́рка f (melničárka)
- Catalan: moliner (ca)
- 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
- Dutch: molenaar (nl) m, molenaarster (nl) f
- Esperanto: muelisto
- Estonian: mölder
- Finnish: mylläri (fi)
- 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 (tokhen)
- Hindi: चक्कीवाला m (cakkīvālā)
- Hungarian: molnár (hu)
- Icelandic: malari (is) m
- Ingrian: mylleri
- Irish: muilleoir m
- Italian: mugnaio (it) m, mulinaro m
- Japanese: 粉屋 (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
- Latvian: dzirnavnieks m
- Lithuanian: malūnininkas m
- 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
- Ossetian: куыройгӕс (k°yrojgæs)
- Ottoman Turkish: دگرمنجی (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) (the female form is 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, (♀) jimülan (vo)
- Welsh: melinydd (cy) m
- Yiddish: מילנער m (milner)
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