miler:
(with single “L”; plural: ‘milers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘mi’ rhyme with the word “my” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here, for British pronunciation; and for American pronunciation, please click here)
a ‘mile’ = a measurement of distance, for an interesting article that explains the origin of a ‘mile’, please click here
a person (or an animal) that runs a race that covers the distance of one mile,
milers in a running race
e.g.
After being successful in a mile race, a miler wants to be in a two-mile race.
Our college athlete team has enough short distance runners, but what we now need are milers.
There is a military ten-miler event/running race in the USA every year and several military milers train to be the best miler.
For an article that shows us how we come across this word in our daily browsing, please click here, for an article that points out 10 mistakes made by ‘ten milers’, please click here, for an interview of an American miler in international running races, please click here for a news article about the Jamaican milers, please click here.
Note: ‘Miler’ is more commonly used to refer to the race of one mile rather than to refer to the runners. For an article in which we see this word being used to refer to a ‘ten-mile race’, please click here.
Note 1: A miller, with a double ‘ll’, on the other hand, is a person who owns, operates or works on a mill, e.g. a flour miller. For an article that shows how we come across this word in our daily browsing, please click here. For the right pronunciation of ‘miller’, please click here.
Note 1: ‘Miller’, with a capital ‘M’ and double ‘ll’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Nancy Miller, Peter Miller, Henry Miller, etc. For an article that explains the origin of this word as a surname/family name/last name, please click here.
Note 1: ‘Miller’, with a capital ‘M’ and double ‘ll’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Nancy Miller, Peter Miller, Henry Miller, etc. For an article that explains the origin of this word as a surname/family name/last name, please click here.
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Note: ‘Miler’, always with a capital ‘M’ and with only a single ‘l’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Ferdo Miler, Judith Miler, Rose Miler, etc. For an article that explains the origin of this word as a surname, please click here.
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