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Definition of Miller

1. Noun. United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944).

2. Noun. United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980).

3. Noun. United States playwright (1915-2005).

4. Noun. Someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill).

5. Noun. Machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it.

6. Noun. Any of various moths that have powdery wings.

Definition of Miller

1. n. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.

Definition of Miller

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English and Scottish occupational from=Middle English dot=) for a miller. ¹

2. Noun. A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flour mill. ¹

3. Noun. A milling machine. ¹

4. Noun. Any of several moths that have powdery wings. ¹

5. Noun. The common name of a flour-smelling mushroom, ''Clitopilus prunulus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Miller

1. one that mills [n -S] - See also: mills

Medical Definition of Miller

1. 1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill. 2. A milling machine. 3. A moth or lepidopterous insect; so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller. The eagle ray. The hen harrier. Miller's thumb. A small fresh water fish of the genus Uranidea (formerly Cottus), as the European species (U. Gobio), and the American (U. Gracilis); called also bullhead. A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miller

millennist millennists millennium millennium bug millenniumism millenniums milleped millepede millepedes millepeds

millepora millepore millepores milleporite milleporites miller miller's-thumb miller's asthma miller's thumb miller's thumbs

miller fisher syndrome miller moth milleress milleresses millerite millerites millers milles millesimal millesimally

Literary usage of Miller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Nat Educ Miller, Ethelwyn House planning and furnishing. ... School and Soc 4:588-90 О 14 '16 Miller, George J. National council of geography teachers. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Am J Pub Health 8:293-9 Ap '18 Miller, Charles William Em» Note on the ... Class J 11:518-51 '16 Miller, George Abram Case method of teaching mathematics. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"Miller, Lewis B. Crooked trail : story of a 1000 mile saddle trip up and down the Texas ... History and genealogies of the families ol Miller, Woods. ..."

4. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"EW Miller, AS Joints in cast Fe pipe. 1385. Miller, CE Vulcanizing rubber tires ... Miller, WL Formation of badly conducting film on Cu anodes in Cu cyanide ..."

5. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"used a variety of pseudonyms, the most common of which was Ebrahim al-Masoudi—to Miller, who was engaged to market the Prince's oil. Miller and the Prince ..."

6. Bulletin by American delphinium society, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (1912)
"... RAYMOND BOWMAN BSME 1905 Rancher Semi Tropic Cal Miller, ALBERT LOWREY B 8 ME 1909 Salee Mgr Alpha Pub Co Lincoln Neb Address 1078 Cleveland St Portland ..."

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