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The original middleman, grinding civilization's bread while quietly skimming a cut off everyone's grain.
means A person who operates a mill, especially one that grinds grain into flour.
from From Old English mylnere, built on mylen "mill" — which English borrowed early from Late Latin molina, a relative of molere "to grind" (the same root that gives us "molar," your grinding teeth). The trade was so common that Miller became one of the most widespread surnames across Europe, with German Müller and French Meunier as its continental cousins.
- surname rank
- Among the most common surnames in English-speaking world
- moth namesake
- Miller moths named for their flour-dusted wings
- medieval suspicion
- Millers were widely accused of cheating on weights
- Chaucer's miller
- Drunk, brawny, told the bawdiest tale of all
- the toll
- Took payment in grain, not coin, called multure
miller brewing company — american brewery founded 1855 in milwaukee, wisconsin, producer of miller lite and miller high life
arthur miller — american playwright (1915-2005) who wrote death of a salesman and the crucible
glenn miller orchestra — big band leader whose 1942 recording of in the mood became the best-selling single of the 1940s