Miler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmaɪləɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Miler is a noun meaning (sports, often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
Meaning
(sports, often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
More Meanings
- (in combination) A race whose length is the specified number of miles.
Example Sentences
The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.
I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.
They started with a mile; by January, they were hitting the trails at Bear Mountain at 7 a.m. on Saturdays for a brisk eight-miler.
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.
Word Forms
- milers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mile, milometer, mileometer, milla, minute, mijl.
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