noun
Milner
noun
1
A surname originally describing someone who worked as a miller.
"The Milner family ran a flour mill for three generations."
How to Use Milner
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA surname whose original meaning was simply "miller" — someone who ground grain for a living.
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Etymology
An English occupational surname, a variant of "Miller" that kept the "-n-" from the older Middle English word mylnere.