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MILLER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Miller mean?

• MILLER (noun)
The noun MILLER has 6 senses:

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 (born 1915)
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

Familiarity information: MILLER used as a noun is common.

Dictionary entry details

• MILLER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alton Glenn Miller; Glenn Miller; Miller

Instance hypernyms:

bandleader (the leader of a dance band)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry Miller; Henry Valentine Miller; Miller

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3

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Meaning:

United States playwright (born 1915)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Arthur Miller; Miller

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("miller" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Sense 5

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Meaning:

Machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

milling machine; miller

Hypernyms ("miller" is a kind of...):

shaper; shaping machine (a machine tool for shaping metal or wood)

Sense 6

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Meaning:

Any of various moths that have powdery wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

moth miller; miller

Hypernyms ("miller" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

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