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Miler

/ˈmaɪləɹ/

(often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.

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noun

1
(often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
2
(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."

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Word	Definition
milenoun	The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
standing milenoun	In racing, a competition or timed race over a distance of one mile from a standing start (i.e. a stationary starting position).
milometernoun	An odometer graduated in miles.
mileometernoun	Alternative form of milometer. [An odometer graduated in miles.]
train milenoun	(dated, rail transport) A unit used in estimating railway running expenses, etc.: the total number of miles run by all the trains of a railroad, or system of railroads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure.
land milenoun	(unit of measurement) Any of the various miles used to measure length on land, as opposed to the nautical mile.
millanoun	(historical) Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.
car milenoun	(rail transport) A mile travelled by a single railway car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.
metric milenoun	A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
minutenoun	A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
mijlnoun	(historical) A former Dutch unit of distance, usually equivalent to about 3 miles or 5–6 km.
international milenoun	(units of measure) The present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.
measured milenoun	A length of one nautical mile, the limits of which have been accurately measured and are indicated by ranges ashore. It is used by ships to calibrate logs, revolution counters, etc. as well as to measure the ship's speed.
ton milenoun	Alternative form of ton-mile. [A unit of measure expressed in number of short tons moved over a specific distance in miles.]
milesnoun	(informal) A great distance in space or time.
millnoun	A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
miglionoun	The Italian mile.
milewaynoun	(UK) Any of a number of roads near Oxford, England, whose upkeep was formerly paid for by nearby residents.
milagenoun	Alternative spelling of mileage. [The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.]
marathonnoun	A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.