Miller
A miller usually refers to a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a cereal crop to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalents in other languages around the world ("Müller" or "Mueller" in German, "Molnár" in Hungarian,"Molinero" in Spanish, "Molinari" in Italian etc.). Milling existed in hunter gatherer communities, and later millers were important to the development of agriculture.
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Famous quotes containing the word miller:
“They make other nations seem pale and flighty,
But they do think England is God almighty,
And you must remind them now and then
That other countries breed other men.”
—Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)
“What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“It is only too clear that man is not at home in this universe, and yet he is not good enough to deserve a better.”
—Perry Miller (1905–1963)