miller

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  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)

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 (“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)).

In classic literature

Synonyms

Glenn Miller, Alton Glenn Miller

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