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mill·er 
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| 1. | a person who owns or operates a mill, esp. a mill that grinds grain into flour. |
| 2. | milling machine. |
| 3. | any moth, esp. of the family Noctuidae, having wings that appear powdery. |
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miller
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Mill·er
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| 1. | Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist. |
| 2. | Glenn, 1904–44, U.S. dance bandleader and trombonist. |
| 3. | Henry, 1891–1980, U.S. novelist. |
| 4. | Joa·quin
Audio Help [wah-keen] Pronunciation Key, (Cincinnatus Heine Miller), 1841–1913, U.S. poet. |
| 5. | Joe (Joseph or Josias Miller), 1684–1738, English actor, after whom Joe Miller's Jestbook was named. |
| 6. | Merton Howard, 1923–2000, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990. |
| 7. | William, 1782–1849, U.S. religious leader: founder of the Adventist Church. |
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| mill·er
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| Mil·ler
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American playwright whose works include Death of a Salesman (1949), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and The Crucible (1953). |
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| Miller, (Alton)
American bandleader and composer whose orchestra was one of the most popular groups of the big-band era. |
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| Miller, Henry Valentine 1891-1980.
American writer whose novels Tropic of Cancer (1934) and Tropic of Capricorn (1939) were banned in the United States because of their sexual content. |
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| Miller, Joaquin Pseudonym of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller. 1837-1913.
American poet whose work is based on his adventures in the West. His collections include Specimens (1868) and Joaquin et al. (1869). |
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| Miller, Merton Howard 1923-2000.
American economist. He shared a 1990 Nobel Prize for contributions to financial economics. |
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| Miller, William 1782-1849.
American religious leader who preached that Christ's Second Coming would take place in 1843. Miller's followers later organized the Advent Christian Church (1860). |
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miller
1362 (attested as a surname from 1327), from mill (n.1). The O.E. word was mylnweard, lit. "mill-keeper" (Millward attested as a surname from 1279).
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| miller | |
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| 1. | United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) |
| 2. | United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980) |
| 3. | United States playwright (1915-2005) |
| 4. | someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) |
| 5. | machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it |
| 6. | any of various moths that have powdery wings [syn: moth miller] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈmiller noun
a person who works a grain mill
See also: millstone, millwheel, mill, "miller" in any language
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Miller City, IL Zip code(s): 62962
Miller Place, NY (CDP, FIPS 47306) Location: 40.93251 N, 72.98735 W
Population (1990): 9315 (3039 housing units)
Area: 16.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 11764
Miller City, OH (village, FIPS 50358) Location: 41.10194 N, 84.13197 W
Population (1990): 173 (65 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Miller County, AR (county, FIPS 91) Location: 33.31150 N, 93.88056 W
Population (1990): 38467 (16172 housing units)
Area: 1616.3 sq km (land), 34.8 sq km (water)
Miller County, GA (county, FIPS 201) Location: 31.16450 N, 84.72942 W
Population (1990): 6280 (2602 housing units)
Area: 733.1 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)
Miller County, MO (county, FIPS 131) Location: 38.21710 N, 92.43203 W
Population (1990): 20700 (9766 housing units)
Area: 1534.0 sq km (land), 20.0 sq km (water)
Miller, MO (city, FIPS 48242) Location: 37.21531 N, 93.84032 W
Population (1990): 753 (365 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65707
Miller, NE (village, FIPS 32130) Location: 40.92699 N, 99.39054 W
Population (1990): 130 (66 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68858
Miller, SD (city, FIPS 42460) Location: 44.51995 N, 98.98766 W
Population (1990): 1678 (877 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57362
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Miller
Mill"er\ (m[i^]l"[~e]r), n. 1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill. 2. A milling machine. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) The eagle ray. (c) The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Miller's thumb. (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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