Meaning

noun United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

noun United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)

noun United States playwright (1915-2005)

originFrom Middle English myllere, mellere, from earlier mylnere, possibly from an Old English *mylnere, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnārī (“miller”), equivalent to mill + -er; cf. also Late Latin molīnārius (“miller”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Muller, Dutch mulder, molenaar, German Low German Möller, German Müller, Müllner, Danish møller, Norwegian Bokmål møller, Norwegian Nynorsk mylnar,…

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