miller

Significat (anglès)

1. A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
2. A milling machine.
3. Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.
4. The common name of a flour-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.
5. (slang) A rat.

Sinònims

milling machine

moth

moth miller

milling-machine operator

sweetbread mushroom

meal grinder

mill operator

mill hand

miller moth

maiden ray

thorny back

milling machine operator

milling machine unit

Miller

poplar dagger moth

mill-owner

router

sawmill

thornback

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɪlɚ/

Etimologia (anglès)

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)).