- One who works in, operates, or owns a mill, especially a grain mill.
- A milling machine.
- Any of various moths whose wings and bodies have a powdery appearance.
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
Meaning #2:
machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it
Synonym: milling machine
Meaning #3:
any of various moths that have powdery wings
Synonym: moth miller
A miller usually refers to one who grinds a cereal crop to make flour.
Milling is among the oldest of human occupations and has appeared all over the world. They were important to the development of agriculture but predated it, and were in existence since hunter-gathering times.
The materials ground by millers are often foodstuffs and particularly grain. This allows for the easier digestion of the nutrients within the food and saves wear on the teeth. Any other substance needed in a fine, powdered form such as building materials may be processed by a miller. A new generation of millers presently exists.
The most basic tool for a miller would be a quern-stone - simply a large, fixed stone as a base and another movable stone which would be operated by hand. As technology improved, more elaborate machines such as watermills and windmills were developed to do the grinding work. These mills harnessed available energy sources including animal, water, wind and electrical power. Mills are some of the oldest factories in human history, so factories making other items are sometimes known as mills, for example, cotton mills and steel mills. These factory workers are also called millers.
The Rind in pre-reformation Scotland was often carved on millers gravestones as a symbol of the milling trade. The importance of the profession of the miller in human history is displayed by the fact that 'Miller', 'Milne' and other variants are often found as surnames.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - møller, fræser, fræsemaskine
Nederlands (Dutch)
molenaar, freesbank, mot, kever
Français (French)
n. - meunier, (Ind) fraiseur
Italiano (Italian)
mugnaio, operaio fresatore
Português (Portuguese)
n. - moleiro (m), fresadora (f)
Русский (Russian)
мельник, фрезеровщик, фрезерный станок
Español (Spanish)
n. - molinero
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mjölnare, fräsmaskin, nattfly, ollonborre, sävslända, örnrocka
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
磨坊主, 碾磨工, 铣工, 制粉业者, 铣床
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 磨坊主, 碾磨工, 銑工, 制粉業者, 銑床
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) صاحب الطحانه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בעל טחנת-קמח, טוחן
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