miler
See also: Miler
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Canada" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmaɪləɹ/
Etymology
Noun
miler (plural milers)
- (sports, often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
- 1905, E.W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night
- But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.
- 1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, Through the Magic Door:
- The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.
- 1905, E.W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night
- (in combination) A race whose length is the specified number of miles.
- I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.
Derived terms
Translations
racer
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Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
miler m (plural milers)
- a set of one thousand
- a number only resolvable to the nearest thousand in quantity
Usage notes
Rather than using the feminine ordinal (milena or mil·lèsima) as the word for a set of one thousand as is usual, for one thousand miler and its synonym are used.
Synonyms
Danish
Noun
miler c