English noun: Miller | |||
1. | Miller (person) United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) | ||
Synonyms | Alton Glenn Miller, Glenn Miller | ||
Instance hypernym | bandleader | ||
2. | Miller (person) United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980) | ||
Synonyms | Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
3. | Miller (person) United States playwright (1915-2005) | ||
Synonyms | Arthur Miller | ||
Instance hypernym | dramatist, playwright | ||
4. | miller (person) someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman | ||
5. | miller (artifact) machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it | ||
Synonyms | milling machine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shaper, shaping machine | ||
6. | miller (animal) any of various moths that have powdery wings | ||
Synonyms | moth miller | ||
Broader (hypernym) | moth | ||