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meunier

miller

noun muh-NYEH Rare

Origin: Old French moulin (mill), from Latin molinum

Usage Note

Meunier denotes the person who operates a flour mill. The feminine form is meunière, best known in the culinary phrase sole meunière — fish dredged in flour in the style of a miller's wife. The final r is silent.

Examples

"Le meunier apporte son blé au moulin chaque matin."

Natural Translation

The miller brings his wheat to the mill every morning.

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