Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun miller

6 senses of miller

Sense 1
Miller, Glenn Miller, Alton Glenn Miller -- (United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944))
       INSTANCE OF=> bandleader -- (the leader of a dance band)

Sense 2
Miller, Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller -- (United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3
Miller, Arthur Miller -- (United States playwright (1915-2005))
       INSTANCE OF=> dramatist, playwright -- (someone who writes plays)

Sense 4
miller -- (someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill))
       => craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer -- (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Sense 5
miller, milling machine -- (machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it)
       => shaper, shaping machine -- (a machine tool for shaping metal or wood)

Sense 6
moth miller, miller -- (any of various moths that have powdery wings)
       => moth -- (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)