miler

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English mile Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English miler From mile + -er.

1. An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.

   “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.”

   “The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.”

2. A race whose length is the specified number of miles.

   “I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.”

   “There were some impressive victories, but Fleming believes her most important race was the second of two close second-place finishes to Pippig, one in the Peachtree 10-K in Atlanta in July and the second in a seven-miler in Davenport, Iowa, a week later.”