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Miller   /mˈɪlər/   Listen
Miller

noun
1.
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944).  Synonyms: Alton Glenn Miller, Glenn Miller.
2.
United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980).  Synonyms: Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller.
3.
United States playwright (1915-2005).  Synonym: Arthur Miller.
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.  Synonym: milling machine.
6.
Any of various moths that have powdery wings.  Synonym: moth miller.



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"Miller" Quotes from Famous Books



... Your letter of the 27th October, accompanying the 'Planeten-Circulaer,' reached me but a few days since. If you would be so good as to forward to the care of John Miller, Esq., 26 Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London, any letter you may do me the favor to write to me, it ...
— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell

... sliding, Yvon loved to hear his cousin talk. You can take the picture into your mind, Melody, my dear. The light dim and white, as I have told you, and very soft, falling upon rows and rows of full sacks, ranged like soldiers; the great white miller sitting with his back against one of these, and his legs reaching anywhere,—one would not limit the distance; and running all about him, without fear, or often indeed marking him in any way, a multitude of ...
— Rosin the Beau • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

... Miller's Class Drawing Models.—These Models are particularly adapted for teaching large classes; the stand is very strong, and the universal joint will hold the Models in any position. Wood Models: Square Prism, 12 inches side, 18 inches high; Hexagonal Prism, 14 inches ...
— The Letters of Charles Dickens - Vol. 3 (of 3), 1836-1870 • Charles Dickens

... If you are interested in birds you will enjoy looking through Chapman's Bird-Life; Burroughs' Wake-Robin; Gilmore's Birds Through the Year; Blanchan's Bird Neighbors; Miller's The First Book of Birds. You should make a list of these in your notebook ...
— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell

... the rear of his force, and some while before this mist fell (as I judge), is pushing forward, "a miller lad for his guide," across to Hennersdorf,—Katholisch-Hennersdorf, a long straggling Village, eight or ten miles off, and itself two miles long,—where he understands the Saxons are. Miller lad guides us, over height and ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle


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