Dictionary Definition
miler
Noun
1 (used only in combinations) the length of
something in miles; "the race was a 30-miler"
2 a runner in a one-mile race
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English
Etymology
mile + agentive -erPronunciation
(Canada) /ˈmaɪlər/Noun
- an athlete or a
horse who specializes in
running races of one mile (often used in a compound with a number or
fraction)
- 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