Meaning & use

miller

noun·Everyday

A person whose job is operating a mill, especially one that grinds grain into flour.

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The miller ground the wheat into fine flour and sold it to bakers in the village.

Before industrial factories existed, every town relied on a local miller to process its grain.

A note on using this word

Miller is now mainly used as an occupational surname, since few people grind grain for a living today.

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